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Top 10 Most Unexpected Celebrity Arrests


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celebs with clean type images that you
wouldn’t expect to see in handcuffs
number 10 Winona Ryder getting caught
shoplifting is bad getting caught
shoplifting on camera is really bad and
getting caught shoplifting on camera
when you’re one of the most recognizable
actors on the planet is really really
bad such was the case for Winona Ryder
back in 2001 when she was caught
red-handed trying to steal thousands of
dollars worth of clothes and jewelry
from a Beverly Hills department store
the Golden Globe winner was arrested and
convicted of grand theft shoplifting and
vandalism and sentenced to 480 hours of
community service three years probation
and ordered to attend drug counseling
Ryder later admitted that she was
suffering from depression at the time
and had been under the influence of
painkillers
still the debacle shocked Hollywood
number 9 Haley Joel Osment if you were a
director in the 90s and early 2000s and
you needed a super talented kid to
appear in your movie your first call was
to Haley Joel Osment from 1994 to 2003
Osmond appeared in a slew of critically
acclaimed films often helmed by a-list
directors such as Steven Spielberg and M
night Shyamalan his performances were
regularly met with critical acclaim and
he was on the fast track to superstardom
however like many child stars Osmond did
not escape his youth unscathed when he
was 18 Osmond was arrested and charged
with driving under the influence after
he crashed his car into a mailbox we
still can’t believe that forrest gump
jr. has a mugshot number 8 Bruno Mars
with his clean-cut look it’d be easy to
assume Bruno Mars has always lived on
the straight and narrow however it may
shock you to learn that in 2010 he was
arrested in Las Vegas for possession of
coke
fresh off the success of his debut solo
single just the way you are myers was
out partying with friends when he was
caught in the bathroom of the Hard Rock
Casino with a little colombian bam bam
he was quick to tell the arresting
officer he’d never done drugs before but
in a 2013 GQ interview he admitted it
wasn’t true stating quote I don’t know
where that came from
I was really intoxicated he pled guilty
and received a two thousand dollar fine
and community service thank you it’s
something that I’ve moved past and I’m
hoping everyone else I’d come across or
move past it to number seven Hugh Grant
we’re still trying to wrap our heads
around this one in 1995 the same year of
his Golden Globe and BAFTA winning
performance in Four Weddings and a
funeral Hugh Grant was arrested in LA
for receiving oral sex from a prostitute
in a public place grant was in the
middle of a promotional tour for his
upcoming film nine months and continued
to appear on talk shows despite the
embarrassing arrest what the hell will
you think late night host Jay Leno
famously asked the actor what he was
thinking to which grant replied quote I
think you know in life what’s a good
thing to do and what’s a bad thing and I
did a bad thing
he was actually dating Elizabeth Hurley
at the time let that sink in completely
insane you can’t be sensible all the
time number six
Martha Stewart when you’re the head of a
multi-million dollar lifestyle Empire
the last thing anyone expects for you is
to get sent to prison alas that’s
exactly what happened to TV personality
Martha Stewart in 2004 while America was
busy watching her make the perfect apple
pie
Stewart was receiving behind the scenes
advice from stockbroker Peter Burke and
Vic he had inside knowledge that I’m
clone system stock was about to drop and
advised Stewart to sell hers which she
did this is commonly known as insider
trading and it’s illegal
Stewart was convicted and sentenced to
five months in prison however anyone who
didn’t live through it might well have
no idea it happened a Stewart has since
regained her spot atop the lifestyle
Mountain it’s terrible number 5 Matthew
Broderick in the 80s Matthew Broderick
was one of the hottest movie stars
around and yet unlike so many young
stars his image
squeaky clean bolstered by boyish good
looks that all changed in 1987 Rodrick
was driving in Northern Ireland with his
girlfriend fellow actor Jennifer Grey
when he crossed into the wrong lane and
hit an oncoming vehicle the collision
killed a woman and her mother Rodger
claimed he had no recollection of the
accident or even in his own words quote
getting up in the morning he was
initially charged with death by
dangerous driving but this was later
reduced to careless driving and he was
fined just 175 dollars the family of the
deceased called it a travesty of justice
life moves pretty fast you know stop and
look around once in a while missus
number four Will Smith too many Will
Smith is the bel-air East planet-saving
alien butt kicker we all wish we could
be however for a long time the actor
harbored a secret that few were aware of
you’re under arrest
Shabazz in 1989 just as he was beginning
to make waves as a rapper Smith was
arrested for his involvement in an
assault against record promoter William
Hendricks
according to reports Smith told his
bodyguard to attack Hendricks who
suffered a fractured orbital bone and
was almost blinded Smith was ultimately
arrested and charged with aggravated
assault and criminal conspiracy among
however the charges were later dismissed
and Smith has insisted he played no part
number three Lori Loughlin and Felicity
Huffman if you’re wondering why these
two made the list then it may be time to
come out from under your rock in March
of 2019 it was reported that actors Lori
Loughlin and Felicity Huffman of full
house and Desperate Housewives Fame
respectively had taken part in a
nationwide college admissions conspiracy
just the parents of the year sitting in
the stands rang for her son to fail so
we can weasel out about bribery skin to
bribery scandals they were arrested and
taken into custody by the FBI on two
counts of mail fraud each Laughlin and
Huffman along with dozens of other
wealthy parents had allegedly
participated in the scheme to help their
children falsify athletic and/or
academic records man oh man I’m
exhausted
in fact Laughlin and her husband have
been accused of paying $500,000 to get
their daughters on the USC crew team a
sport neither had even trained in oh I
don’t know what England if you would
have said England is my city I would say
why did I pay all this money for your
education number two Reese Witherspoon
few actresses encapsulate the moniker
America’s Sweetheart better than Reese
Witherspoon the multi-talented celeb won
over Hollywood in her early 20s and has
continued to impress fans with her mix
of funny intelligent and adorable
on-screen characters off screen she
appeared to be the same affable person
she presented in films and TV rules
however in 2013 the world saw a
different side of Witherspoon and it got
her in trouble with the law after her
husband was pulled over on suspicion of
DUI she got out of the car and began
berating the officers it got so bad that
the entire incident was caught on camera
and no doubt caused Witherspoon a
considerable amount of embarrassment
number one Tim Allen say it isn’t so
buzz sorry to disappoint you folks but
even Tim the Toolman Taylor has gotten
in trouble with Johnny Law
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way back in 1978 Allen was arrested at
Kalamazoo Battle Creek International
Airport for attempting to traffic 650
grams of cocaine yeah you heard that
correctly he pled guilty to the charges
and managed to reduce his sentence by
giving up the dealers that he was
involved with Allen served a little over
two years in prison and was released in
1981 despite going on to have an
extremely successful acting career Allen
would slip up again in 1997 this time he
was arrested for DUI and received a year
probation not actually too bad for a
former drug trafficker I did it I
supercharged my riding mower Oh No I’ve
killed Wilson looks like it’s back to
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