Mischa Barton gets Probation for Drunken Driving

Mischa Barton got popped for a DUI right after Christmas was just given probation. At this point she’s almost as well know for consistent public displays of nipples and getting in various degrees of trouble as she is for her role as Marissa Cooper on “The O.C.”

From Reuters:

Actress Mischa Barton, who starred on the TV drama “The O.C.,” was sentenced on Thursday to three years unsupervised probation and ordered into an alcohol education program after pleading no contest to drunken driving.

As part of the plea deal, which spared the London-born actress any jail time, prosecutors agreed to dismiss a marijuana possession charge and reduced a charge of driving without a license to an infraction, a court official said.

Barton, 22, was not present for the proceedings in a Beverly Hills court. Her lawyer entered her no contest plea, the functional equivalent of pleading guilty in California, on her behalf.

“Ms. Barton understands the seriousness of this situation and assumes full responsibility for her actions,” her lawyer, Anthony V. Salerno, said in a statement following the hearing. “She and I are grateful to the court and the District Attorney’s Office for the prompt and respectful resolution of the case.”

In addition to probation, Barton was ordered to complete a three-month alcohol education program and was fined about $2,000, a Los Angeles County court official said.

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