Purp March

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March, 2007 saw the following stars in trouble with the law:

Former child star Brian Bonsall, who played Andy Keaton on ‘Family Ties,’ arrested March 28 for allegedly assaulting his girlfriend.

Mary Weiland, wife of Velvet Revolver frontman Scott Weiland, arrested March 26 for setting fire to $10,000 of her husband’s wardrobe.

Forty eight vials of illegal human growth hormone were found among Sylvester Stallone’s baggage at an airport in Australia.

Bobby Brown, soon-to-be ex-husband of Whitney Houston, was arrested for failing to appear at a child support hearing in October.

Singer Kelis was arrested after she attempted to disrupt an undercover police operation by screaming racial profanities at two female officers posing as prostitutes.

Gary Glitter was sentenced to three years in a Vietnamese jail after being convicted of child molestation.

Granville Adams, who appeared on the HBO prison drama ‘Oz,’ held for pushing a fellow nightclub patron down an elevator shaft.

Actor Ryan O’Neal arrested for assaulting his grown son with a handgun during a fight in his Malibu home.

Singer/actor Tyrese accused of punching his pregnant girlfriend in the arm and the leg during a dispute.

Tawny Kitaen, best known for ‘Bachelor Party’ and sprawling out on cars in bad ’80s rock videos, was caught with 15 grams of cocaine.

An arrest warrant was issued for Daniel Baldwin who failed to show up in court to face charges that he stole a friend’s SUV.

Those who would have been better off marching than driving:

Blues Traveler’s John Popper was arrested March 7 after being caught driving 111 MPH having pot, four rifles, nine handguns, a Taser, and night vision goggles in his car.

Black Eyed Peas member Taboo bust for a small amount of marijuana on March 27 after crashing his car near Los Angeles. (This two two weeks after bandmate Fergie banned from boarding a flight to the UK because she was deemed “too drunk to travel.”)

Paris Hilton was caught driving her Bentley with a suspended license while on probation.

Ex-Phish front man Trey Anastasio pleaded not guilty after a search of his car turned up hydrocodone and Percocet, as well as the anti-anxiety drug Xanax.

Vivica Fox was arrested March 20 for drunken driving after being caught speeding and was unable to perform a sobriety test.

Yancy Butler was charged with DUI when she crashing into a guard rail on March 14, , just a month after being charged with disorderly conduct in an argument with her boy friend.

Jessica Smith, of MTV’s scripted reality show “Laguna Beach” arrested for driving under the influence after crash her car and injuring two people.

‘Goodfellas’ actor Ray Liotta was arrested February 17 on suspicion of driving under the influence after crashing his car into two parked vehicles in Pacific Palisades.

Marching along were:

‘Good Will Hunting’ director Gus Van Sant pleaded no contest on charges of driving under the influence and agreed to a year-long alcohol diversion program.

Nicole Richie pleaded not guilty to the charge of driving under the influence.

NBC’s Tracy Morgan (’SNL’ and ‘30 Rock’) plead guilty on Valentine’s Day to an earlier DWI charge, his second in a one year period.

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