http://gossip.about.com/b/2006/12/11/nicole-richie-arrested-for-dui.htm
Even though stars and celebrities do not get special treatment for breaking the law, especially with DUI’s, young people may seem to believe that it is “cool” to drink and drive because the stars they look up to do it. Nichole Richie was arrested after several calls about an SUV driving the wrong way on the highway, at the time she only weighed 85 lbs. This at the time, and still even today is a huge problem, of everyone wanting to be as thin as the celebrities too.
People may be so caught up in all the images of everything, and trying to fit in, they don’t realize that it is wrong. Just because someone is a celebrity and has money, doesn’t mean that it’s okay for them to do it, or make it anymore okay for you to do the same thing. Everyone must pay for the consequences one way or the other, and just because you’re an actress or singer sometimes means, that you can latterly pay your way out of being in trouble. It’s sad that our culture has become so accepting of bribes and paying your way out of breaking the law. “Normal people” like us, the average Joe that you pass on the street, really needs to understand that we can’t come even close to getting away with that kind of stuff, like celebrities.
