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Wednesday, 22 August 2007
Isn't being Irish Catholic considered an extenuating circumstance?
Torn from the pages of a Caddyshack script, we have this item of sad celebrity news:
By KARL RITTER
Associated Press WriterSTOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) - Bill Murray could face a drunken driving charge after cruising through downtown Stockholm in a golf cart and refusing to take a breath test, citing U.S. law.
Police officers spotted the "Caddyshack" star early Monday in the slow-moving vehicle and noticed he smelled of alcohol when they pulled him over, said Detective-Inspector Christer Holmlund of the Stockholm police.
"He refused to blow in the (breath test) instrument, citing American legislation," Holmlund told The Associated Press on Wednesday. "So we applied the old method -- a blood test. It will take 14 days before the results are in."
Murray, who had been at a golf tournament in Sweden, signed a document admitting that he was driving under the influence, and agreed to let a police officer plead guilty for him if the case goes to court, Holmlund said.
"Then he was let go. My guess is he went back to America," Holmlund said...
Here's another way to test how much he'd had -- if he did his character from "Caddyshack" when stopped, they should throw the book at him. I'm a huge Bill Murray fan, but that was his one bit that I never could abide.
Posted by Brad Warthen at 05:21 PM in Crime and Punishment, Pooge, Popular culture, Rule of Law, Total Trivia
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What about Bob?
Posted by: SPAMgate | Aug 23, 2007 1:45:35 PM
Very good question
Posted by: PeterMontee | Jul 2, 2009 3:56:29 PM

