Kimora's High Life

KIMORA LEE PLEADS GUILTY, GETS PROBATION:
Designer’s police chase leads to intervention program.

Fashion designer Kimora Lee Simmons will have all of her charges from a July 2004 police chase dropped if she successfully completes a pre-trial intervention program in New York for non-violent first offenders.

Simmons, the wife of Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons, pleaded guilty Tuesday in Superior Court to careless driving and agreed to serve six months of probation. At the time of her arrest, authorities said she drove erratically and ignored a police car’s flashing lights and wailing siren for several miles. Once pulled over, police discovered a small amount of weed in the car.

The former model was arrested and charged with eluding a police officer, possessing marijuana (under 50 grams), careless driving, operating a vehicle while possessing a controlled substance, tail-gating and having a taillight out.
Bergen County prosecutors, however, have agreed to drop all charges once her intervention program is completed.

"This is certainly an aberration, a one-time mistake of judgment," Assistant Prosecutor Wayne Mello said. "It's precisely the circumstance that pre-trial intervention was created for."
Her lawyer, Brian Neary, called the case "an unfortunate incident."

"Kimora and her family are stellar citizens of Saddle River," he said. "They are glad this is behind them."