Heidi Fleiss DUI in Nevada

Former Hollywood Madam arrested for Nevada DUI and drug possession.

Heidi Fleiss was arrested on charges of driving under the influence in Nevada, possession of drugs without a subscription and driving without a license. The 42-year old former Hollywood Madam was booked at Nye County jail, near her home in Pahrump and released after posting $1,376 bail.

Fleiss had made a trip to a plumbing supply store in Pahrump, 60 miles west of Las Vegas, on Thursday morning and was parked in the store lot when a sheriff’s deputy knocked on her window. Prescription pain pills fell out of her purse as she searched for her driver’s license. Police were on the scene after being alerted around 9:30 am to a possible drunk driver in a vehicle matching Fleiss’ in the center of town.

The passenger in her SUV, 53-year old John Owen, was also arrested and charged with possession of marijuana and being under the influence of a controlled substance. He reportedly is Fleiss’ plumber, hired to remodel her bathroom.

Fleiss denies being impaired and she passed field sobriety tests. She admitted to having taken a Vicodin about an hour before the arrest, saying she was sore from the remodeling work. She also made no apologies for not having the prescription for the powerful painkillers readily available, saying “If I want a Vicodin, I'm having a Vicodin.”

Fleiss earned the title of Hollywood Madam after running a high-priced call-girl operation for celebrity clients in Hollywood in the early 1990s. After being busted and sent to prison, she became a celebrity in her own right. Fleiss has said she wants to operate a brothel called Heidi's Stud Farm in Crystal, Nevada. To do so she will have to make an application to the state liquor board. She has expressed no concern for how the Nevada DUI case may impact that request.

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