DUI Arrest is Third for Rocker Vince Neil, Once Charged in Fatal Crash
By Jim Greene
Published on July 15, 2010
Vince Neil, lead singer for the rock group Mötley Crüe, was arrested last month in Las Vegas for driving under the influence (DUI), shortly after declaring his sobriety. It was his second DUI arrest in Las Vegas in three years. He was also arrested for DUI in Redondo Beach, Calif., in 1984, the result of a head-on collision that killed a passenger in his car.
Neil, 49, was arrested about 11:15 p.m., Sunday, June 27, while driving his Lamborghini near the Last Vegas Strip, after leaving a Daytime Emmy Awards party at the Las Vegas Hilton, according to police. He was released the following morning, after posting $2,000 bail.
Rocker Recently Said He Stopped Abusing Alcohol
In an interview the week before his latest arrest, Neil said he no longer abused alcohol, as well as claiming that he hadn't taken illicit drugs in 20 years.
Neil's previous DUI arrest in Las Vegas was on Aug. 7, 2007. He pleaded no contest to a reduced charge of reckless driving and was ordered to take part in an in-patient drug program.
In 1984, Neil was charged with DUI and vehicular manslaughter after crashing his sports car head-on into another car near his Redondo Beach home, killing his passenger, drummer Nicholas Dingley of the Finnish rock band Hanoi Rocks. Neil, then 25, was not injured. He pleaded guilty to both charges, served 20 days in jail, and was ordered to pay $2.5 million restitution to crash victims.
Arrest History Includes Misdemeanor Battery Charges
In other scrapes with the law, Neil has been arrested in California and Nevada for misdemeanor battery, once because of an accusation that he hit a prostitute at the Moonlight Bunny Ranch brothel in northern Nevada. Charges were dismissed after Neil performed community service.
You probably don't live like Vince Neil, but if you've been arrested for DUI, you need to do what Vince would do: contact an experienced DUI attorney. Famous, infamous, or unknown, everyone has rights as a defendant, and your attorney will help you take full advantage of those rights. If you are convicted, your attorney will fight to see that your punishment is just.
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