Kiefer will also face the loss of his license for a year, probation including mandatory alcohol/drug testing weekly, alcohol school, mandatory 12 step meetings, etc.
It costs a lot of money, which he can easily pay. But it is also a big inconvenience.
Should he violate the terms of probation, back to jail he can go. Smart people at this stage, realize they are probably alcoholics, who cannot drink safely, at all.
But are Hollywood actors/actresses ‘smart’?
If they were, they would quit drinking and driving - or at least ‘hire a driver’.
I doubt that as the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled that courts could not dictate attendance at 12 step programs due to the religious nature of those programs.
In what could be a blow to the 12-Step Movement's stranglehold over substance abuse treatment, an appellate court has ruled that a parolee cannot be ordered into a treatment program that uses the model.
At least eight other federal and state courts have issued similar opinions in the past, holding that coerced treatment in a religion-based program is unconstitutional. On Friday, the Ninth District Court of Appeals reiterated that precedent.
The case involved a Buddhist, Ricky Inouye of Hawaii, who had objected to religiously oriented drug treatment while in prison on a drug case. Over his objection, his parole agent ordered him to attend Narcotics Anonymous meetings after a urinalysis tested positive for drugs. He has since died, but Friday's ruling allows his son to continue Inouye's civil lawsuit against his parole agent. The opinion held that Narcotics Anonymous has pronounced religious overtones, including references to God, a "higher power," and prayer.