Springsteen busted on DWI

Was he driving a stolen car and going down Highway 99?

Yes R1 and he may have been driving all night.

Blunder Road

bJ gone haywire?

Was he on the Streets of Philadelphia?

He driving a Pink Cadillac.

Maybe that's why he did that Jeep commercial.

He’s not the Boss.

Disappointment.

Can we see a mugshot?

He should’ve taken the Backstreets.

He was just reliving his Glory Days. You know they’ll pass you by...

There was a Drunkness On The Edge Of Town

Guess the Highway Patrolman got him.

Or the State Trooper.

Bruuuuuuuce!

No surprising, he was born in the USA

I've never understood the appeal of his music, but that's neither here nor there. He's got to be one of the most successful and richest entertainers in the country.

So why isn't he smart enough to either hire a driver who'll drive him around while he gets shitfaced, or leave the car behind and take an Uber home?

The highway's jammed with broken heroes on a last-chance power drive

Everybody's out on the run tonight, but there's no place left to hide . . .

R17 you have to go deeper with his music than the popular stuff, which is very sports game anthem, Bon Jovi or Don’t Stop Believin, you have to try live and album cuts not the hits.

He was out to relive his Glory Days.......

Born To Run...in his car, away from the cops.

"Can we see a mugshot?"

Just look at his album covers. He always tries to look like a wino who gets his clothes from dumpsters.

[quote] Highway 99?

Oh dear.

We went down to the river...and drank then drove.

The highway was jammed with broken heros on a last chance power drive. He is INNOCENT, I tell you!.

WTF did the Daily Mail send me a "breaking news" text about this? It happened months ago, and it seems like he cooperated with the police.

AFAIK, This is the first hint of BS ever getting into trouble, which is remarkable in the world of R&R. I thought he was against drugs and alcohol, although if I were married to that butt-ugly red head I would have to stay anesthetized.

I thought the same thing. Bruce is pretty scandal free...considering his fame in rock.

R27, last time I saw him perform, she was onstage with him, and they seemed very much in love.

I know it's hard for some DLers to understand the concept of being able to love someone who's just four years younger...instead of 20 years younger, but do you really think he'd be happier if he dumped his wife of 30 years for a woman 40 years younger? He'd risk alienating his kids, losing his fortune to divorce, and looking like a fool. But some men are OK with that in exchange for a couple years of younger pussy/dick.

All the money in the world to pay to have someone drive you, and still getting a DUI.

R29- She deliberately sabotaged his first marriage. Hate. Her. Team Julia

If you read the article it looks like he was out drinking at a state park where liquor is illegal.

Maybe he was going out for a ride but never came back

Yes, R32, as already mentioned he went down to the river...and drank like a fish.

[quote] She deliberately sabotaged his first marriage. Hate. Her. Team Julia

If you're gonna be "team" somebody, it's best to know the actual name of the team you're on.

By the way -- Springteen and his first wife barely knew each other when they got married; he'd actually known Patti longer.

Was his first wife in one of his videos...that's how they met?...I think. It was a very short marriage.

Is he going down the Billy Joel path?

But was he drunk drunk?

Hope not R38. I really admire him and that would be very sad. Billy is an asshole, although I love his earlier music. Stiletto!

This whole thread is one huge eye rolling Dad joke.

I'm surprised his wife didn't dump him after his affair with another redhead at the gym. He was named in this woman's divorce. Bet they were fucking all over the gym...

he's into redheads.

Wonder if anyone else was in the car at the time of arrest.

Springsteen was never what one would categorize as a drinker. A couple of beers or a glass of wine would be typical for him, unless he started drinking more during lockdown.

Bummer; hope nobody was hurt

I've driven after a few drinks; NEVER again. It s costly, dangerous and avoidable.

After my second vaccine, if I need to go somewhere, I'll mask up and call uber

[italic]LOCK ‘IM UP!

[quote]R17 I've never understood the appeal of his music, but that's neither here nor there.

I never followed him... but he may be an ally.

I mean, who’s this TERRY??

I wonder how many times he's been let off with a warning?

Overrated and old.

A DWI? Just the one?

I am very confused. This happened Nov 12, 2020. Why is it being reported now? He didn’t even have a court appearance yet.

Did he not disclose this to Jeep? They can’t air the commercial again now that the news is out. Was the news of his arrest leaked by a pissed off conservative in response to the Jeep commercial?

Boss gets a pass.

R51 I wondered the same thing. Why is this NOW making news?

R51: Because he’s a woke liberal and the liberal media protect their own.

If anyone deserves a pass, it's the Boss.

Imagine being the cop who had to arrest him. Cops and firemen love Bruce.

Isn’t he like 70? Interesting age to get his first dwi. I can’t remember him being a typical drunk/druggy ‘rockstar’. My mom was a big fan.

Was the Jeep commercial a Super Bowl thing? I haven’t seen it on tv.

Is this the billionaire who claims he's a Working Class Man?

Imagine the Jeep ad team first finding out about this. They shut it down nicely. That commercial stunk anyway.

And yes R58, polo-playing daughter and all.

Such phoniness, all these people.

T’was Ambien, I swear!

I saw that Super Bowl commercial he did and did not recognize him at all. I thought to myself ‘who’s that old guy?’ Only realized it was him the next day when people were talking about it.

This drunk's for hire...

That hairline is tragic. So obvious it’s faux hair of some kind, whether a wig, hairpiece, transplant or whatever, it’s sad looking.

Let's be frank, he lost his looks 30 years ago.

He looks as unappetising as this one—

R56 I bet there are some cops who do not love him.

"Is this the billionaire who claims he's a Working Class Man?"

You mean like the billionaire, Ivy League educated, country club loving former president who claim's he's a populist and a hero to the working man?

At least Springsteen earned his fucking money, he didn't inherit it from Daddy.

[quote] Let's be frank,

I’d just as soon stay Rose if that’s alright.

Has he finally run out of 9/11 widows to bang?

This will be completely forgotten in no time (just like the affair was), because Springsteen is one of the few celebrities who knows how and when to keep his damn mouth shut. You won't see any hand-wringing and groveling on social media. You won't see any acknowledgment of it whatsoever.

[quote] Springsteen is one of the few celebrities who knows how and when to keep his damn mouth shut.

Our Armie will do the same.

Oh shit, was that him IN the Jeep ad? I watched the game but tuned out all the commercials. Only watched that one later when people were complaining about the center of America/church in midwest/unity now BS. I just guessed that he was maybe the narrator.

He grew up blue collar in a no hope town. Not gonna begrudge his wealth now, he keeps a low profile.

He just got in a little hometown jam...

R51 He was caught in Sandy Hook, part of the Gateway National Park system, so a local or state cop wouldn't have been there. Also rumored he was in the car with someone who wasn't his wife. But who was paid off to keep it quiet this long?

[quote] I'm surprised his wife didn't dump him after his affair with another redhead at the gym.

Oh honey, she ain't never giving up that Golden Ticket. No matter what.

He is your big lib espousing all his bs and he gets caught driving under the influence. If he was a conservative they would be calling him hypocrite!! You won't even read about this in the media. You know it was "known" by someone earlier than now..

R76... huh? If it were “known,” we would have known it. Liberal or conservative, no one sits on something like this.

“The Boss, The Sauce, The Loss: How Springsteen’s Jeep Commercial Was Canceled”

So... he was arrested after one shot of tequila, with a blood alcohol content of .02, on his BICYCLE.

I love it.

Sounds like fake news.

I would imagine “bike” means motorcycle R79.

I’m still trying to figure out how a field sobriety test registering under the limit triggers prosecution.

I also wonder if we’re going to have celebrity freak-out clusters - “I need my public! I can afford vaccine and treatment! My DWI is cute! I don’t eat people!”.

If r79’s story is true, then I guess the only thing they have him for is drinking in a federal park, which I believe was illegal. I read that in another linked article. But yeah, arresting someone for a bac level under the legal limit doesn’t make sense. Even if the cops saw him take a shot while sitting on his motorcycle, as soon as the field sobriety test was performed and passed, cops should’ve let him go with a warning not to drink while operating a vehicle.

I’m glad he was cooperative, though. I’d hate for him to be someone who goes with the , “do you know who I am?” retort a la Reese Witherspoon.

[quote]I thought the same thing. Bruce is pretty scandal free...considering his fame in rock.

He's one of the only artists of his generation who never had any drug or alcohol issues, pretty remarkable when you look at his contemporaries.

R82, that’s a good point. I assumed they would call out motorcycle if it was that, but they specifically said bike.

It does seem entitled AF to take a shot of tequila in front of police officers, right before getting on a motorcycle.

.02?

So he stopped and was taking pics with fans and they gave him a shot and the park rangers saw it and pulled him over.

This doesn't sound right. They tested his BAC - and he's well under the .08 limit. How could he have been driving recklessly when they saw him take a shot and then immediately pulled him over?

Sounds like some asshole cops again.

[quote] I’m still trying to figure out how a field sobriety test registering under the limit triggers prosecution.

[quote] as soon as the field sobriety test was performed and passed,

FSTs don’t return BAC. FSTs are paces you are put through to see if you exhibit any signs of intoxication. You can fail those and be perfectly sober, but if you’re exhibiting the telltale signs, they have probable cause to arrest you and get your BAC. The BAC is not done in the field.

Once the BAC number returns, usually if you’re under the limit, you are released with no further charges.

It’s not as though the cops in the field would know his BAC would return that low, though whomever conducted the FSTs should’ve recognized his level of intoxication was minor, if any.

Bruce fan here. There is no Bruce troll on DL but if I were going to troll for anyone, it’d be Bruce.

1. Yes, he’s been an ally for a long time, even before he wrote ‘Streets of Philadelphia.” Terry in “Backstreets” is clearly a guy. Bruce was one of the first straight celebrities featured on the cover of the Advocate in the 1990s.

2. The Julianne-Patti thing is covered in his bio and he admits he was a bad husband to Julianne due to his chronic depression, undiagnosed at the time. Julianne was young, and he married her because he saw her in a magazine and thought she was beautiful. Not a great reason to marry someone, but he was admittedly immature and full of himself. Patti sang back-up on the divorce album (Tunnel of Love) and they fell in love.

3. In his Broadway show, he opens by calling himself a fraud and jokingly mocking himself for never having set foot in a factory. It’s funny, and meant to be, but as the show goes on, you realize (and it’s beautiful and heartbreaking) that all this time he’s been telling his father’s story. He isn’t pretending to be poor. He was poor, and his father was a mentally ill, abusive alcoholic who spent most of his time sitting in angry silence. Bruce is telling the stories he imagines his father would’ve told.

4. Bruce’s son is a firefighter. Cops don’t like Bruce because of the song “41 Shots (American Skin)”, a true story about a black guy who went for his wallet and was shot 41 times by cops who thought he was reaching for a gun. At concerts, the cops who do attend turn their backs during this song.

5. The Jeep commercial pissed off fans (because Bruce “sold out”) and both liberals and conservatives (because it was about meeting in the middle, and no one wants to do that. ) I am sure that the DWnotI back in November was reported now because a deplorable got pissed off.

Tl;dr — nothing to see here.

The marketing head at Jeep is a legendary cunt. He so deserves this.

A new Bruce troll AND a new Head of Marketing at Jeep troll?

This is your lucky day, DL!

Born to Hit and Run

Julianne Philips had fierce 80s hair. She was 80s genetic pretty. Nothing special.

So it was not really DWI? So will Jeep reverse their decision? I felt sorry for him. Branded guilty until proven innocent.

It's in the middle. Of fucked up and shitfaced.

No Springsteen is leaving this house!

St Elmos Fire was such a goofy 80s movie. I still love it though

The plot kind of makes sense if you realize that everybody is under the influence of either drugs, alcohol, or both, except for Martin Balsam's character.

[quote] Once the BAC number returns, usually if you’re under the limit, you are released with no further charges.

Not necessarily. It can be a number of factors that determine whether to proceed to formal charges or not. There's rising blood alcohol concentration and there's falling blood alcohol concentration. They cut both ways to establish what an expert will "determine" the bac level was when the driving actually took place. So even if it can be determined that the level was below the limit if there is other evidence of driving under the influence (such as FST results or other evidence) you can get cinvicted of DUI. The legal BAC limits are legal presumptions you are DUI or DWI.

The crime scene (roadside) "breathalyzer" is used for probable cause sometimes along with the field sobriety tests. Some -probably most - states don't allow the initial roadside breathalyzer in as evidence at trial and a confirmatory chemical test needs to be done at the station or a proper medical setting if requested. But it needs to be done within a specified time period - like within 3 hours of the traffic stop.

We had a huge scandal in my jurisdiction years back when it was discovered - via hard work by defense attorneys to uncover this - that the cops had altered the breathalyzers to make them easier to read and thousands of pending cases and prior convictins were either dismissed or reversed. Good times.

I agree with you, r100, but I was just trying to give a reader’s digest version to those who seem to think the police knew his BAC was .02 but arrested him anyway.

[quote]Bruce Springsteen pleaded guilty Wednesday to drinking shots of tequila at Sandy Hook federal park last year, but had two other charges of drunken and reckless driving charges dropped because his blood alcohol content was found to be well below the legal limit.

[quote]Prosecutors said they could not meet the legal burden for drunken driving, revealing the 71-year-old’s blood alcohol content was .02, well below the .08 threshold.

Charges dismissed, he has to pay a fine for doing a shot of tequila in an area where alcohol is prohibited.