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Girlicious Singer Follows the White Line...to Jail
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UPDATE: Mejia has been charged with a felony count of drug possession, while the driver of the car was rung up on a felony count of possession and misdemeanor count of driving without a valid license.
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This Valley girl has gotten herself into some "stupid s--t."
Natalie Mejia, of the CW-minted power pop trio Girlicious, was arrested Tuesday night in Glendale, Calif., on cocaine charges following a routine traffic stop.
According to Glendale police, the 21-year-old Mejia was riding shotgun in a 1998 Ford Mustang driven by 28-year-old Peter Asencio when police pulled him over for speeding. Officers ran his name through the computer and learned his license was suspended, then searched the vehicle and discovered 13 baggies of cocaine in Mejia's Gucci purse.
Can you say coke-a-licious?
"It was found in Ms. Meija's Gucci bag but she claims to not know how the cocaine got into her purse. The male driver of her vehicle did make some statements that it was his," Glendale Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz tells E! News. "I think he was taking the mea culpa there and with that the investigators are going to take both their statements, look at it forensically and the D.A. will make a determination if one or both will be charged."
The duo was booked on a count of suspicion of possessing cocaine for sale or distribution. After logging a night in jail, Mejia was released on $30,000 bail and her arraignment is scheduled for April 15.
Police say that the singer and her companion had just eaten at a local restaurant and were rushing to the airport to catch a flight when they were tagged.
Girlicious was manufactured on the 2008 CW reality series Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious, created by Robin Antrin, the mastermind behind the Pussycat Dolls. The group, which also includes members Nichole Cordova and Chrystina Sayers, released its self-titled debut album in Canada, but not the U.S., and had one minor hit, "Like Me."
Let's hope Mejia can manufacture a good defense.
(Originally published March 11, 2010, at 8:21 a.m. PT)
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