Looks like
Amanda Bynes
is the latest former child star to fall from grace. The 26-year-old
actress who once headlined Nickelodeon's "The Amanda Show" and
co-starred with
Jennie Garth
on sitcom "What I Like About You" has been arrested for suspicion of
driving under the influence in West Hollywood, California. The sheriff's
department there says it was about 3 a.m. Friday when an L.A. County
Sheriff's deputy "was stopped at the intersection of Robertson Boulevard
and Santa Monica Boulevard preparing to turn right onto Santa Monica
Boulevard when a black BMW driven by actress Amanda Bynes attempted to
pass the right of the radio car, colliding with the right rear quarter
panel of the radio car." Although officials report there was only "minor
paint transfer to both vehicles," the damage was done: Bynes was taken
to jail and released on $5,000 bail mid-morning.
This isn't the first time Bynes has had a brush with the law.
Gossip Cop,
which first reported the arrest, noted that just last month Bynes was
pulled over by talking on her cell phone without using a hands-free
device while driving, then sped away from the police officer.
TMZ
is reporting that its cameras caught Bynes as she "appeared to be
extremely intoxicated" while getting behind the wheel as she left
Hollywood hot spot Greystone Manor on St. Patrick's Day.
Before any of these incidents, Bynes was raising eyebrows with the
candid comments she was espousing in her Twitter feed. You'll remember
she briefly retired from acting in June 2010. "Being an actress isn't as
fun as it may seem," she wrote. "If I don't love something anymore, I
stop doing it. I don't love acting anymore, so I've stopped doing it. I
know 24 is a young age to retire ... I've never written the movies and
tv shows I've been a part of. I've only acted like the characters the
producers or directors wanted me to play." She changed her mind a month
later, when she wrote "I've unretired." The former teen queen also
posted provocative photos, like one showing her from the waist down and
flashing a belly ring.
