Rip Torn Hit With New DUI

Actor arrested for drunk driving in Connecticut.

Rip Torn has been charged with another DUI in Salisbury, Connecticut. Police report that Torn had just left the White Hart Inn and was driving on Route 44 in his Subaru with a Christmas tree on the roof. Unfortunately he was in the breakdown lane.

Torn failed part of a field sobriety test and refused to submit to a breath test, and he was booked on suspicion of drunk driving in Connecticut. The 77-year actor pleaded not guilty to driving under the influence and failure to drive in the proper lane.

This is Torn’s third DUI arrest in five years. In April 2007, he paid a fine and had his license suspended for driving while intoxicated in New York. He was acquitted for NY DWI in 2004 after jurors said the prosecution failed to prove Torn had been drinking prior to a fender bender with a taxi cab. As it is his first Connecticut DUI offense, Torn may be able to qualify for Connecticut’s alcohol education program which would lead to the dropping of the charges if he successfully completes terms of probation.

Torn has appeared in a number of movies and television series, including ‘Men in Black’, ‘The Larry Sanders Show’ and a recurring role on ‘Thirty Rock’.

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