The skinny on Nicole: Bagged in wrong-way drive rap

Nicole Richie was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs after police bagged the teeny-weeny reality TV star going the wrong way on a California freeway.
The California Highway Patrol arrested the 25-year-old party girl and co-star of “The Simple Life” after she failed a field sobriety test, and admitted to officers that she had taken the prescription painkiller Vicodin and smoked marijuana.
Singer Lionel Richie’s daughter was tested for drugs and released on her own recognizance, reported CHiP’s spokesman Todd Workman. The results of the test haven’t been determined, he said.


Richie’s arrest came about six weeks after it was revealed that she had checked herself into a treatment facility to address weight-loss issues. A Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department report revealed that the 5-foot-1 actress weighed 85 pounds at the time of her booking.
Workman said police encountered Richie with her car at a standstill blocking the carpool lane on the Ventura Freeway in Burbank at about 1:45 a.m. He said the officers were responding to reports from other motorists of a driver going the wrong way on the busy highway.
Although Richie’s 2005 black Mercedes SUV was pointed in the right direction when police found her, the vehicle matched the description of an SUV seen entering the freeway against traffic nearby, Workman said.
According to Workman, Richie was alone in her vehicle and on her cell phone when police approached her. He described her as “very cooperative” and said she told police she had been following a friend on the freeway when she got lost.
Richie, who has previously undergone treatment for heroin addiction, was subsequently booked into jail on a DUI charge. She’s due in court Feb. 7.
Her reps had no comment on the arrest yesterday.