Quinn Cops to DUI
Unfortunately for The Exonerated star Aidan Quinn, life doesn't always imitate art.
The veteran thesp pleaded guilty to drunken driving charges Thursday stemming from his DUI arrest a year and a half ago while on location in Maine.
Quinn, 46, wasn't required to--and didn't--show for court; lawyer Michaela Murphy entered the guilty plea on the actor's behalf. The reluctant admission came after several failed attempts at having evidence suppressed and the case thrown out.
The actor, whose credits include in the 1994 epic Legends of the Fall opposite Brad Pitt and Project Greenlight's ill-fated first effort, Stolen Summer, was ordered to pay a $500 fine and will have his driver's license suspended for 90 days.
Waterville police arrested the actor on Oct. 25, 2003, while he was in town filming the HBO movie Empire Falls. Officers said they noticed Quinn around 2 a.m. after his car ran a stop sign, exceeded the posted speed limit and drifted across lanes. A Breathalyzer test pegged his blood-alcohol level at 0.12, well above Maine's legal limit of 0.08.
For her part, Murphy insisted her client's driving was only "marginally incorrect" and didn't warrant Quinn being pulled over. She also claims he was targeted because of his celebrity.
District Attorney Evert Fowle disagreed.
"He's just a regular guy, this was a routine case," Fowle told the local Kennebec Journal. "The only remarkable thing about this case was how unremarkable it was."
Fowle says Quinn's license will be revoked in New Jersey, where he lives.
Empire Falls boasts an all-star cast, including Paul Newman, Ed Harris, Philip Seymour Hoffman, Robin Wright Penn and Helen Hunt. It debuts on HBO in a two-part series May 28 and 29.






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