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Courtney Love Could Get Year In Jail On Drug Charges
10/09/2003 7:00 AM, Yahoo! Music
LAUNCH Radio Networks
(10/9/03, 7 a.m. ET) -- Courtney Love could get up to a year in jail on charges of being under the influence of a controlled substance, according to MTV.com. The former Hole singer was charged with one misdemeanor count Wednesday (October 8), following her arrest last Thursday (October 2), outside the Los Angeles house of her producer, manager, and ex-boyfriend, Jim Barber. The misdemeanor charge carries a minimum of 90 days behind bars, and a maximum of one year. Love is scheduled to be arraigned tomorrow, although she does not have to appear in court.
Following her arrest, Love was taken to a police station where she posted bail of $2,500 and was released. A short time later, she reportedly called Beverly Hills emergency dispatchers and was taken to Century City Hospital for treatment of an overdose.
Although police spokespersons did not divulge what substance Love was allegedly using, the singer and actress herself posted a somewhat cryptic message on her official website this past Sunday (October 5), which read in part, "Two words...MY house...five words...Don't F--K with a strong sedative...one word ipecac?...IPECAC? or AMBULANCE?...I lost a day so I couldn't talk...that motherf--king piece of sh-t in MY house...and I will not even comment on the L.A.P.D....oh and the controlled substance...ONE F--KING WORD...XANAX!"
Xanax is a prescription anti-anxiety drug, which Love claims she told police she was taking. Ipecac is used to induce vomiting, usually when someone has swallowed a poisonous substance.
Love's debut solo album, America's Sweetheart, has been postponed from a late October release to February 10, 2004.
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