Vince Neil, the frontman for the hair metal band Mötley Crüe, was arrested in the wee hours earlier today on charges of driving under the influence in Las Vegas, NV making him the latest celeb to allegedly put the lives of other drivers in danger by getting behind the wheel while intoxicated. TMZ is reporting that Neil was busted shortly after he was spotted at his LV restaurant Tres Rios Cantina:
TMZ has learned Mötley Crüe frontman Vince Neil was arrested for suspicion of DUI this morning in Las Vegas. He is currently in custody in Clark County Jail, where his bail has been set at $2,000 … Shortly before Neil was arrested, the rocker appeared at his Las Vegas restaurant — Vince Neil’s Tres Rios.
Gross. It seems like not a week goes by that we learn of another celeb getting busted for drunk driving. What’s even more gross is there are countless other arrests for drunk driving that occur every single day and we just don’t hear about them. In many cases, those arrests stem from accidents where people are injured or killed. Neil has a long record of arrest and has been jailed before (for various crimes including assault and Pink reader Pixie reminds me that Vince Neil previously killed a bandmate by drunk driving back in 1984) … so it remains to be seen if he will suffer any real consequences for this latest arrest should he be proved guilty of DUI. Neil only served 30 days in jail for his ’84 DUI conviction … 30 days for an incident that killed a man! Another day, another DUI arrest … just sad.
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It’s too bad. One would think that Vince would know better after some of the things he’s been through. I like the guy, but if I knew him I’d rip him a new one right about now.
Shouldn’t celebrities be able to find SOME way home without driving themselves? I mean damn…. call a cab? I’m sure if a celebrity doesn’t have their own driver, they could at least pay for a cab ride home. Drunk driving is never okay, but I just can’t believe so many celebs do it.
It should be noted that Vince has already killed a person while driving drunk. In the 80′s he killed Razzle from Hanoi Rocks.
All I’m gonna say is this: Celebrity Rehab.
As you mentioned, he only spent 30 days in jail for killing Razzle in the 80′s.
I know people who’ve gotten less than 2 weeks in jail, for violently killing someone, while drunk driving. (it was MY family member who was killed by the drunk bastard – and his 3rd DUI – he just happened to ‘know the right people’ to help him out)
Meanwhile, people who get caught for having MariJauna, typically have MUCH WORSE punishments, that last MUCH longer and cost MUCH more.
If law enforcers would concentrate on drunk drivers like they do on all other substances, maybe we’d finally see a change.
Make the drunk drivers go to re-hab they have to pay for, and then be on 6 months or MORE probation, wearing scram bracelets- AND taking drug tests.
If you kill someone because you drove drunk, you should DEFINITELY have to wear the bracelet… for MUCH LONGER. There’s people who’ve killed and get hardly any punishment at all. It’s sickening.
Lindsay COULD’VE killed someone and didn’t – but look at her punishment. A lot of drunk drivers don’t get anywhere near that ‘severe’ of a punishment.
Can you even charge Motley Crue members with being drunk?
@BloodyNeptune: LMFAO @ that comment!!!!