Michael Phelps, who got into an accident earlier this week, admitted to drinking a beer before getting behind the wheel. Police also found that he was driving with an invalid license. Poor Michael Phelps — kicks butt in the water but just can’t catch a break out of it.

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Michael Phelps was in a car bust up Thursday night. Luckily, Michael appeared to be OK but his vehicle looks pretty smushed. And the vehicle he hit was a bit crunched looking too. We’ll see if more bad news comes out for Michael in the next day, because….

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…the accident was Michael’s fault. Please, please don’t let drugs or alcohol be a factor, because witnesses are saying he was speeding and ran a red light too! From Perez Hilton:

Michael Phelps was binge drinking in New York this week. Apparently, party boy Michael didn’t learn too many lessons from bong gate…he still likes to get his party on.  This time it’s just with a legal substance, his girlfriend and a few hundred Manhattan partiers to see.

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Michael and his girlfriend hit up some clubs in the Manhattan party district.  And what happened you may find….sobering.  Ha!  From the NY Daily News:

Michael Phelps won’t face drug charges from South Carolina. The former golden boy of the world got off with a bunch of bad PR instead of time in jail or a record for marijuana.  Michael dodged a big bullet if you ask me.

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Michael is much luckier than the other 8 people who were charged in the incident.  Why did he get off?  fame?  Maybe.  this is what Bloomberg News says:

South Carolina police have arrested eight people for weed posession and distribution today in association with those November pictures taken of Michael Phelps. Seven were arrested for possession, one for distribution and the no famous bong was confiscated. The owner was reportedly trying to sell the bong on eBay for $10, 000. Wow. $10, 000! Of course, the police going after these kids has been a huge point of controversy for everyone following the case because, c’mon, it’s a bit ridiculous.

Hayden Panettiere was caught kissing Jesse McCartney over the weekend. I guess Hayden broke up with co-star Milo Ventimiglia recently?  Who knew the Heroes pair were off….no PR people issued a thing!

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Is anyone really surprised though, that a 19 year old, fresh faced actress broke up with a 31 year old actor?  Nah.  I think it’s more like, it’s about time.  From Radar Online:

Michael Phelps is getting punished over the drug pictures. At first, his apology seemed to appease many people who were willing to overlook what he did.  Maybe they didn’t understand the seriousness of it?  Michael seems to have let fame get to his head and made several bad choices.

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All was well after the apology…it seemed.  Then the backlash by parents started, saying he is a role model to children and the drug use shouldn’t go unnoticed.  So it all came down Thursday. Per Monsters and Critics: