Nicole Richie pleaded not guilty to DUI charge.
Nicole Richie’s lawyer appeared in court Tuesday without her client and entered a not guilty plea on Richie’s behalf to a driving under the influence charge.
Nicole Richie’s booking photo
The complaint alleges Nicole Richie was under the influence of an alcoholic beverage and an unspecified drug when she was arrested Dec. 11. According to police, Richie admitted to officers that she had smoked marijuana and consumed the painkiller Vicodin.
A pretrial conference was scheduled for April 2.
Because of a prior DUI conviction in June 2003, by California law, Richie faces mandatory jail time of 90 days up to one year if convicted of the second DUI.
On the love front, Nicole Richie and Joel Madden, lead singer of Good Charlotte are still going strong. That’s the good news!
Richie & Madden in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, January
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