Since my original post last month, I have found out some extremely disturbing new information about Bridget Hall’s DWI case. On the day I first wrote this blog update, I came across an article in the September 8, 2010 East Hampton Press (page 6) that said that Bridget Hall was charged with both driving while intoxicated and aggravated driving while intoxicated. This seems to imply that either Ms. Hall was flat out lying to the New York Post about not having had a drop to drink the night of August 28/29, 2010, or someone may be trying to railroad her.
I’ve been doing some research on DWI laws, and I found that in New York State, one can be charged with aggravated DWI if his/her blood alcohol content is 0.18 or higher, and the penalties include a fine of no less than $1,000 and no more than $2,500, up to a year in prison, and loss of license for at least one year…and this is just for a first offense!
Bridget Hall and her lawyer, Salvatore Strazzullo, have their work cut out for them in trying to clear her name. Under the circumstances, a plea bargain to a non-criminal offense is almost out of the question, and it will be almost impossible to convince a judge or jury that the breathalyzer had a “false positive” reading or was not calibrated properly. Still, it is possible to build a “false positive” DWI defense even with a blood alcohol content of 0.18 or higher according to a Brill Legal Group article.
I am not in a position to say for sure whether or not Bridget Hall has a drinking problem, but if she does, she really needs to address it…before it is too late to save either her modeling career or herself.
If Bridget Hall is convicted of the top charge of aggravated drinking while intoxicated, she could potentially lose everything: her modeling career, her freedom, her friends, her dream of opening a restaurant in the Hamptons and much of her career earnings. It is really sad to see her once-thriving modeling career potentially end in prison time for alleged drunk driving.
I really want to believe Bridget Hall is innocent, but things do not look good for her. As I said in an earlier post, Bridget Hall can use your prayers and support. Try e-mailing her in care of One Model Management of New York.
Last updated October 19, 2010
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