The reason Michelle Rodriguez spent time in jail – Nicki Swift

Michelle Rodriguez’s prison life began when she was filming “Lost” in Hawaii. the smoking gun reports that following an intense night of partying in December 2005, Rodriguez and his co-star, Cynthia Watros, were arrested for drunk driving while trying to navigate Honolulu’s notoriously winding highway. The actors were charged with DUI, posed for mugshots bleary-eyed and completely wasted, and shelled out $500 for bail.

Watros escaped imprisonment, but Rodríguez did not pass “Go”. He headed straight to jail, serving five days of hard time. However, the true punishment was yet to come. The enthusiastic party attitudes of Rodríguez and Watros resulted in the actors being written out of the show. According to tv guideafter ending up on the wrong side of the law, the “Lost” characters of Rodriguez and Watros were eliminated, in the same episode no less.

However, Rodríguez had not yet learned his lesson. Her legal problems continued in 2006 after she was arrested for violating probation. By TMZ, was sentenced to 60 days but served four hours due to overcrowding. Rodríguez returned a year later for again violating the terms of her probation. Reuters reported that he spent the holidays in the cooler of choice for Lindsay Lohan and Paris Hilton, the Century Regional Detention Center in Lynwood, California. But, unlike LiLo and Hilty, she Rodriguez wasn’t released in the blink of an eye. This time, she was beaten for six full months.

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