Police arrest actress Witherspoon
Actress Reese Witherspoon has been arrested on a disorderly conduct charge after police stopped a car being driven by her husband.
A Georgia State Police incident report says Witherspoon was arrested early on Friday.
The report says a state trooper observed that a car driven by her husband, James Toth, was failing to stay in its lane.
The officer writes that Witherspoon disobeyed numerous orders to stay in the car while he checked whether Toth was sober.
After she refused to return to the car, she was handcuffed and arrested.
The officer says that Witherspoon asked him: “Do you know who I am?”
Toth was charged with driving under the influence.
Witherspoon said she is “deeply embarrassed” about what she said to police officers during her arrest in Atlanta.
The Oscar-winning actress released a statement apologising for her “disrespectful” behaviour.
She says she was worried about her husband and “clearly had one drink too many” – but asserted her respect for law enforcement in the statement.
