Her friend, Paris Hilton, is scared in jail, where she was banished following a DUI bust and then driving with a suspended license.
Nicole Richie is scared of the same fate.
“I’m just keeping my fingers crossed,” she told David Letterman on The Late Show Wednesday.
“Of course, I’m scared also, but, you know, I’m willing to face whatever consequences come my way, and I take responsibility for what I’ve done.”
The star of The Simple Life, 25, pleaded not guilty in February to driving under the influence on December 11.
Officers had stopped her after she was spotted driving the wrong way on an L.A. freeway, and police said she’d admitted to smoking marijuana and taking Vicodin.
Because of a prior DUI conviction in June 2003, by California law, Richie faces mandatory jail time (90 days to one year) if convicted of a second DUI within 10 years.
Letterman asked Nicole Richie when she would eat learn her fate.
“Probably the end of this month,” she said.
“I hope you don’t have to go to jail,” Dave added helpfully.
At least 50 percent of our celebrity gossip department disagrees.
Richie co-stars in The Simple Life with Hilton, who’s doing time at the Century Regional Detention Facility in L.A. for violating her probation by driving with a suspended license.
Paris Hilton had been on probation after pleading no contest to reckless driving in a September, 2006 drunken driving case.
Richie told Ryan Seacrest on his radio show last month that she thought the way Hilton was treated by the court was “unfair” and said, “I can only hope that that doesn’t happen to me, but I don’t think that there’s anything that I personally can do about that. The only thing that I can do is show up and fight my case.”
We recommend some nutrients before fighting anything, Nicole. Otherwise, your brittle frame and tiny, ineffectual fists just aren’t going to be all that imposing.
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