Courtney Love Charged: Rush Limbaugh?
Rock star Courtney Love has been charged with felony possession of hydrocodone and oxycodone. Radical-right radio star Rush Limbaugh is undergoing rehabilitation in Tucson for taking the same drugs as his lawyer plea bargains for him.
29 Oct. 2003 - Rock star Courtney Love has surrendered to Beverly Hills police to face drug possession charges stemming from her arrest earlier this month after breaking windows at a boyfriend's house.
Love, 39-year-old singer for rock band Hole and widow of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain, was charged with felony possession of the prescription painkillers hydrocodone and oxycodone. Rush Limbaugh allegedly purchased over 30,000 of these same pills over a four-year period, also without a prescription.
Prosecutors said Love, who also lost custody of her 11-year-old daughter Frances Bean Cobain following her arrest, was expected to appear in court for an arraignment on the charges later on Tuesday.
A spokeswoman for Love could not immediately be reached for comment.
It was not immediately clear if she would face jail time if convicted and Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, said the singer could be eligible for a drug diversion program that would spare her going behind bars. Typically in such cases, the accused seeks asylum in a rehabilitation institution, such as Rush Limbaugh has, in lieu of serving prison time.
Love was taken into custody by Los Angeles police on October 3 after she was caught breaking windows while standing outside a boyfriend's home in the middle of the night.
Hours later, after she was freed on $2500 bail, she was found by police in Beverly Hills in a condition that warranted her being rushed to a local hospital for treatment of an unexplained "medical emergency."
Love, who is also an actress, won a Golden Globe award for her role in the 1996 film The People vs Larry Flynt.
Rush Limbaugh actually admitted illegal possession of prescription drugs in a nationwide broadcast on October 10.
Some aggravating circumstances in Limbaugh's case are the quantity of drugs and the fact that he coerced his housekeeper into not only pushing his vacuum cleaner but into pushing drugs, according to published accounts of his drug use, which he admitted are partially true. Rush Limbaugh also allegedly bought the silence of his accuser/houskeeper with the help of a lawyer, which would be witness tampering. A lawyer representing him also allegedly got the housekeeper to destroy the hard drive of her computer, which contained incriminating e-mails, which later showed up in the National Enquirer anyway. If true, this would be an instance of destruction of evidence.
In light of the circumstances of Limbaugh's case, if the allegations are true, and in light of the prosecution of Love and other high-profile drug abusers, it would be surprising if Limbaugh is not charged with a felony. Ironically, if convicted, the leading Republican Party spokesman would not be able to vote.
Limbaugh has hired a high-profile defense attorney who defended William Kennedy Smith in a rape trial that Limbaugh repeatedly mocked on his radio show. This lawyer, Roy Black, has reportedly been plea bargaining with Palm Beach County, FL, prosecutors.
Love, 39-year-old singer for rock band Hole and widow of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain, was charged with felony possession of the prescription painkillers hydrocodone and oxycodone. Rush Limbaugh allegedly purchased over 30,000 of these same pills over a four-year period, also without a prescription.
Prosecutors said Love, who also lost custody of her 11-year-old daughter Frances Bean Cobain following her arrest, was expected to appear in court for an arraignment on the charges later on Tuesday.
A spokeswoman for Love could not immediately be reached for comment.
It was not immediately clear if she would face jail time if convicted and Sandi Gibbons, a spokeswoman for the Los Angeles County District Attorney's office, said the singer could be eligible for a drug diversion program that would spare her going behind bars. Typically in such cases, the accused seeks asylum in a rehabilitation institution, such as Rush Limbaugh has, in lieu of serving prison time.
Love was taken into custody by Los Angeles police on October 3 after she was caught breaking windows while standing outside a boyfriend's home in the middle of the night.
Hours later, after she was freed on $2500 bail, she was found by police in Beverly Hills in a condition that warranted her being rushed to a local hospital for treatment of an unexplained "medical emergency."
Love, who is also an actress, won a Golden Globe award for her role in the 1996 film The People vs Larry Flynt.
Rush Limbaugh actually admitted illegal possession of prescription drugs in a nationwide broadcast on October 10.
Some aggravating circumstances in Limbaugh's case are the quantity of drugs and the fact that he coerced his housekeeper into not only pushing his vacuum cleaner but into pushing drugs, according to published accounts of his drug use, which he admitted are partially true. Rush Limbaugh also allegedly bought the silence of his accuser/houskeeper with the help of a lawyer, which would be witness tampering. A lawyer representing him also allegedly got the housekeeper to destroy the hard drive of her computer, which contained incriminating e-mails, which later showed up in the National Enquirer anyway. If true, this would be an instance of destruction of evidence.
In light of the circumstances of Limbaugh's case, if the allegations are true, and in light of the prosecution of Love and other high-profile drug abusers, it would be surprising if Limbaugh is not charged with a felony. Ironically, if convicted, the leading Republican Party spokesman would not be able to vote.
Limbaugh has hired a high-profile defense attorney who defended William Kennedy Smith in a rape trial that Limbaugh repeatedly mocked on his radio show. This lawyer, Roy Black, has reportedly been plea bargaining with Palm Beach County, FL, prosecutors.
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