A source told People Magazine on Monday that actress Mischa Barton will be accepting a plea in her DUI case that will keep her from serving any jail time. Barton is scheduled to be in court on Thursday at her arraignment where she will reportedly plead no contest to DUI and agree to serve a three-year unsupervised probation term. Barton will also be sentenced to a three-month alcohol education class and will pay a fine around $1,700. Due to the small amount of marijuana found, the possession charge will be dropped.
Barton is being represented by attorney Anthony V. Salerno who negotiated the terms of the plea deal with the Los Angeles District Attorney's office.
The 'O.C.' actress, 22, was stopped by police around 3 a.m. in West Hollywood. Police said her car was "straddling two lanes of traffic and she failed to use her signal while making a turn." She then spent about 7 hours in jail before posting $10,000 bond.
Barton called into Ryan Seacrest's radio show On Air with Ryan Seacrest (KIIS FM) on January 10 and took full responsibility for her actions saying, "I was pulled over... just that. Obviously, I'm 100% responsible for my actions in this case and I'm really disappointed in myself... I don't know what to say about it, except that I'm not perfect and I just don't ever intend to do something this stupid again."
