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Tuesday, March 13, 2018
Arizona Bride Arrested for DUI on Her Way to Her Own Wedding
Look out, Florida Woman. Arizona Bride is doing what she can to show you up.
A 32-year-old bride named Amber Young was arrested for a DUI after she became involved in a three-vehicle collision.
Police tweeted out a photo and a warning to everyone.
Do you think that Alanis Morissette has any lyrics to cover this?
Police spokesman Sgt. Chriswell Scott shared the above photo in a now-deleted tweet, along with the mesage:
“A driver was arrested for DUI this AM while driving to her wedding.”
That’s right, folks — her own wedding.
“@MaranaPD officers arrived at OG/Thornydale at approx 1030 reference a three vehicle collision.”
At least one person was taken to the hospital, but it doesn’t sound too serious — for a car accident, anyway.
“One person was transported with minor injuries.”
Scott finished his tweet with a warning.
“Don’t drive impaired, till death do we part doesn’t need any help.”
That tweet has since been deleted. Perhaps he or someone else with the Marana Police Department decided that it was inappropriate.
Now, we can probably read between the lines a little, here.
Most brides don’t drive to their own weddings — and not because they’re drunk.
Certainly, most brides don’t don a wedding dress and then drive themselves — intoxicated or sober — to the wedding location.
Friends, bridesmaids, and family are supposed to help them get into the dress.
Perhaps this woman may have had more than just pre-wedding jitters as a reason to drink.
But stress or misery is no excuse for drinking and driving. That endangers others — it’s not just about you.
It is worth noting that Arizona has some of the strictest DUI laws in the United States.
Sure, the 0.08 blood alcohol limit is pretty standard, but they also consider it illegal to drive if the driver has any sign of impairment whatsoever, even if their alcohol levels are well below the legal threshold.
That said, clearly the police weren’t too hard on Amber Young, because they allowed her to leave after she signed a criminal citation and agreed to appear in court at a later date.
It looks like the police were trying to be nice since it’s apparently her wedding day.
There’s always the chance that she (or other interested parties) decided to postpone the nuptials to a more auspicious day.
Public comments have ranged from condemnation of Young to sympathy for what must have been an already complicated wedding day.
One commenter jokingly condemned the police for stopping her.
“Accident or not she is a woman who was heading to her wedding so no one have the right to stop her(sarcastic).”
Obviously, this was a joke. Also, this commenter has an interesting theory about how the groom generally prepares for a wedding.
“If news agency where to report on men stopped for DUI on wedding day they would be presenting that 24/7.”
We don’t know that there’s any evidence to support that allegation of a sexist double-standard, but we certainly hope that no one is drinking and driving on their wedding day.
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Courtney Stodden Shares Two Stories of Sexual Abuse
She wishes it were not the case, but Courtney Stodden is having a moment.
A #MeToo moment, that is.
Actually, Courtney Stodden is unfortunately having a pair of #MeToo moments and she’s finally opening up about them to a national audience.
The reality star – known for appearances on Couples Therapy and Celebrity Big Brother, as well as for marrying a much older man – opened up last night on something called The Tomorrow Show.
Asked if she could relate to the women who have shared their stories of sexual abuse and harassment of late, Stodden replied in the affirmative.
She didn’t provide many details, but she did explain that she’s been victimized on two occasions.
“When the first incident happened, I, didn’t tell [then-husband Doug Hutchison]. It was actually during the first time we separated,” she said, continuing:
“It actually happened to me two times when we were separated.
“At that age, ya know, I was only 19… I didn’t really think it was wrong, which is the crazy part.”
Stodden filed for divorce from Hutchison just a week ago.
When the two got married, she was 16 years old and he was 51 years old.
This unusual (and inappropriate? And illegal? And ridiculous?) age difference is what sky-rocketed Stodden to Z-List stardom.
The relationship, however, suffered through many ups and downs, including various separations and temporary break-ups.
It was during one of these brief splits, Stodden says, that she was abused sexually.
The thing is, she didn’t exactly know it at the time because she had only slept with Hutchison prior to this awful experience.
We’ll let Courtney explain further:
“I only had sex with one man before that… So gentle, not to get explicit. But I was like, ‘OK, maybe that’s just a rough way of going on a date.’
“I really didn’t realize it was sexual abuse until I started hearing these women talking.
“It wasn’t until #MeToo started that I was like, ‘Wow, maybe that wasn’t OK.’ So yeah, it’s really a sad thing, but it happens all the time.”
The #MeToo movement started several months ago in response to numerous stories of women in Hollywood being harassed (or much worse) by men in power.
It has given females across the world a chance to speak out and to be heard; or just to feel as though they aren’t alone in having endured some terrible acts by some pretty terrible men.
Stodden, who has been through a lot over the years, doesn’t want to get into specifics over what she went through in these two instances.
But she says both centered around “power and sex” and concluded:
“It’s just like all the other women’s stories. It’s nothing different. Each woman should be heard.
“I’ll definitely be a part of the movement, for sure.”
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