Hoo-boy.... Heather Locklear, the Melrose Place star and well-known saver of ailing TV shows, was arrested Saturday on suspicion of driving under the influence of prescription drugs.
She was booked by the California Highway Patrol in Montecito (a wealthy area near Santa Barbara) on the charge of "driving while impaired and being under the influence of a controlled substance," and released a short time later.
According to the L.A. Times, someone called the police to report a "woman who was visibly impaired, later identified to be Locklear, getting into a car in a Montecito parking lot Saturday afternoon about 4:30.
"Locklear showed bizarre behavior, driving back and forth over a pair of sunglasses on the pavement and revving her engine. After leaving the parking lot, she stopped her car on the street and stumbled into the traffic lane, according to the caller, who followed Locklear out of concern.
"When the CHP officer arrived, Locklear's car was parked on State Route 192 partially blocking a lane... The officer talked to her and determined that she was disoriented and 'under the influence of something.' She was taken to the CHP's Santa Barbara-area office to be tested for alcohol and drugs." She tested negative for alcohol, and drug tests won't come back for a few days.
Locklear, of course, has had a ridiculously difficult personal life over past few years. She divorced her rock-star husband Richie Sambora in 2006, after which he became involved with her former friend Denise Richards. (Sambora himself pleaded no contest to an alcohol-related driving charge this summer.) In June, she spent a month in an Arizona treatment facility for psychological issues including anxiety and depression.
Locklear is one of the hardest-working women in TV, and she makes every show she appears in better than it was. We wish her all the best -- and really hope that David Spade had nothing to do with any of this.
Yikes.
Previously:
Sigh... Ryan O'Neal and Son Arrested for Drugs
Bad News: Mackenzie Phillips in Drug Bust
Andy Dick Is in Trouble Again
David Spade, the Ladies' Man