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Posted on 06/07/2004 5:38:39 PM PDT by NYC GOP Chick
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor David Hasselhoff (news), who played the bare-chested chief lifeguard on the international hit TV series "Baywatch," was arrested over the weekend on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, police officials said on Monday.
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A Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman said Hasselhoff was arrested late Saturday evening on a DUI charge in the Encino area. She did not have any details on the circumstances of the arrest.
Hasselhoff entered an alcohol rehabilitation program in the summer of 2002 and admitted in subsequent interviews that he had hit "rock bottom."
A spokeswoman for the 51-year-old actor was not immediately available to comment on his arrest.
"Baywatch" debuted on NBC in 1989 and was canceled after one season. But Hasselhoff and his partners acquired rights to the show and brought it back as a syndicated series in 1991 based on its popularity overseas. The show went off the air in 2001.
The show also made household names of actresses like Pamela Anderson (news - web sites) (news), Carmen Electra (news) and Yasmine Bleeth (news).
Hasselhoff won early fame starring in the 1980s talking car TV series "Knight Rider" and has also enjoyed success as a singer, especially in Germany. He appears in the film comedy "Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story" due for U.S. release later this month.
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(And taking bets...)
Obviously he must have been driving a extremely fuel efficient vehicle at the time of his arrest or the article title would have metioned Hasslehoff "dangerously running amuck in a SUV" - or something along those lines.
Knightrider ping.
Say, isn't this the guy who brought down the Berlin wall by just being so bitchin'?
Ooooooo. That's gonna leave a mark! ;))
It appears he missed the bottom and landed on a ledge.
Looking forward to the mugshot to be placed beside Yasmines.
He probably thought he was above the law being in a hit tv show 5 years ago, and a marginal success at singing overseas 15 years ago. His ego got the best of him, and the cops got him before he pulled a Billy Joel.
I never made fun of his popularity in Deutschland, just of his utter inability to act. Ever notice he has but one expression, a kind of befuddled, squinty look of intense stupidity?
Speak for youself. FYI, I was just stopped for the same thing this past weekend. First offence and I'm toast. And I own a Corvette.
Oops. Didn't see your post when I posted the link above.
Reminds me of that SNL News Report,...and again, more proof that David Hasselhoff is popular in Germany.
LOL some of you FReepers should do stand up comedy.
this is the best:
http://www.hellonetwork.com/demo/toysclub/video.asp?speed=hook300
(make sure you hit the play button, but you've got to see this!!)
Sorry...I had other things on my mind today. I saw Nancy lay her head on the casket.
My nerves are still raw.
Pot stirrer.
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You should have seen him in "Nick Fury".
Imagine if you covered some ham in mayo and left it in the sun for a few days. That's a good way to describe his acting in that movie.
hehehe
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