Oscar Winner Witherspoon Arrested in Atlanta

Reese Witherspoon, the Academy Award-winning actress, was arrested in Buckhead on a charge of disorderly conduct just after midnight Friday (April 19), but was posing on the red carpet on Sunday night at the premiere of her new film "Mud."

A Georgia State Trooper stopped the 2013 Ford Fusion near Peachtree Road and Peachtree Battle Avenue because it was not staying in its lane. The car was being driven by Witherspoon's husband, James Toth.

According to the incident report, Toth had droopy eyelids and bloodshot, watery eyes and his breath smelled of alcohol.

The trooper J. Pyland asked Toth how much he'd had to drink. Toth and Witherspoon responded that he'd had a drink two hours earlier at a restaurant.

Toth agreed to a sobriety test and was directed to back his car into the nearby Walgreens.

Before Toth performed the field sobriety test, Witherspoon tried to get out of the car. The trooper told her to remain in the vehicle.

Then several times after that, the trooper had to tell Witherspoon to remain in the car and that she would be arrested if she got out again, according to the report.

Read more on Buckhead Patch.

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