Michelle Rodriguez Gets Out of Jail Early

AliceInWonderland · May 30th, 2006, 04:19 PM

i'm totally a newly converted fan of hers!

Tuesday May 30, 2006 3:00pm EST
By Ken Lee
CREDIT: AARON ANDREWS / PHOTO IMAGE PRESS

Call it a lucky break for Michelle Rodriguez: The former Lost actress was released from Los Angeles County Jail on Thursday after serving a mere four hours and 20 minutes of her two-month jail sentence.

"Needless to say, our prosecutors are not happy about this," says a spokesperson for the L.A. City Attorney's office. "But the sheriffs have a policy to let some nonviolent offenders go early, in part due to jail overcrowding."

Rodriguez, 27, must perform 30 days of community service and is on two years probation.

The night of her release, the actress was spotted at the Tropicana Bar at the Roosevelt Hotel, and on Monday night at the Hollywood club Shag.

"Michelle's happy with the way things turned out," her friend, designer Anand Jon, tells PEOPLE. "She knows this wasn't a literal get-out-of-jail-free card. Michelle's taken responsibility for the past and now she's ready to focus on her career."

On May 22, Rodriguez was sentenced to 60 days in jail for violating probation due to her DUI arrest last December in Hawaii.

In New York City the week before her sentencing, she told PEOPLE, "I'm a gypsy. I can see beauty in a jail cell."

In April, Rodriguez was sentenced to five days in an Oahu jail for her December 1, 2005, DUI arrest on the island. She served just 65 hours because the time she'd spent in custody after her arrest counted toward her sentence.

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Mookie · May 30th, 2006, 04:22 PM

i know i shouldn't judge...but omg, she comes across as arrogant. i hope this girl knows just how lucky a break she got. a regular joe would be sitting out those 2 months.

Lakesweetjane · May 30th, 2006, 04:27 PM

I think I would be a little arrogant if that just happened to me. Four hours of a 60 day sentence. Nice! Unfortunately, she will probably be back.
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lalala · May 30th, 2006, 04:31 PM

30 days of community service are a far more appropriate sentence for her, the jail sentence was a nonsense

AliceInWonderland · May 30th, 2006, 05:20 PM

well on second thought; there's nothing funny about drunk driving and she should have gotten a tougher sentence, but I kno the situation w/ the overcrowded jails and i'd rather see a violent offender behind bars than her i guess.

KD · May 30th, 2006, 05:50 PM

^^^I hear what you are saying, BUT I believe this is her SECOND drunk driving offense. She needed to stay put. She also needs one of those breathalyzer things on the ignition of her car.

Voodoo Child · May 30th, 2006, 06:03 PM

In New York City the week before her sentencing, she told PEOPLE, "I'm a gypsy. I can see beauty in a jail cell."

Would that be said with legs spread or not?

AliceInWonderland · May 30th, 2006, 06:06 PM

she's a fuckin' freak man; i think she's out-done Angelina in her blood-vial-brother-sucking-knives-under-the-bed-Billy-Bob-cutting-herself days.

MysticWitch · May 30th, 2006, 11:20 PM

Lock her back up and keep her there. She is the butchiest trouble maker celebrity EVA

spinmonkey · June 1st, 2006, 01:48 AM

http://www.star-ecentral.com/tvnradi...&date=6/1/2006

Quote:

Lost actress Michelle Rodriguez served just about 4 1/2 hours of her 60-day jail sentence for violating probation by driving drunk ... before being set free.

Los Angeles authorities gave prison overcrowding as the reason she was released, TV.com reported.

Rodriguez must still perform 30 days of community service, while her probation was pushed to conclude in 2009 instead of 2007.

She was on probation for a drunk-driving charge in LA in 2004 when she was arrested in December 2005 also for driving under the influence.

Last week, when Rodriguez was about to begin her sentence, she told reporters that she would do her time and leave the country for France, adding that she would never return to the United States.

BITCH ! Was hoping to see her serve her time...pet peave of mine!

PrettyGirl · June 1st, 2006, 01:54 AM

Michelle Rodriguez is a trip. She's a little hoodrat making a living in Hollywood! lol!

Mavado · June 1st, 2006, 02:23 AM

little hoodrat? more like mega hoodrat.

Lakesweetjane · June 1st, 2006, 12:27 PM

She got lucky! Au revior
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leapinglilies · June 1st, 2006, 12:50 PM

NO FAIR! *pouts* she thinks she's a bad-ass and above the law and guess what... she is! 4 1/2 hours for REPEATEDLY drinking and driving? the girl is a mennace!

AgentOrange · June 1st, 2006, 06:59 PM

Did she get out on "good behaviour". That could ruin her image.