So, SO many celebrities have killed people while drunk driving.

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Knight pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter. He took a plea deal to avoid murder and attempted murder charges; he'd claimed his actions were in self-defense. He's currently in prison on a 28-year sentence.

Neil pleaded guilty to vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence charges. He paid $2.5 in restitution but only spent under a month in jail, according to CNN.

Gayheart pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter and was sentenced to probation and community service. The family of the nine-year-old sued her for wrongful death; they settled out of court.

Lewis was convicted of manslaughter and a DWI and was sentenced to a year in jail, two years' probation, and community service.

Locane's case is tricky; she was first tried for aggravated manslaughter and assault by automobile; she was convicted of the second charge (relating to the injuries the husband in the crash received), but acquitted of aggravated manslaughter, instead receiving a conviction for vehicular homicide. After serving around two and a half years, she was released in 2015; however, a judge later threw out the initial rulings because they didn't meet minimum sentencing guidelines, re-sentencing her to five years. However, she was then re-sentenced again, this time for eight years, as five years was also considered too lenient. She went back to jail and was released at the end of 2024.

Ruggs was sentenced to three to ten years in jail after taking a plea deal, which in this case meant he pleaded guilty to one felony count of a DUI resulting in death, and one count of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter, according to ABC. He's currently incarcerated and is eligible for parole this year.

Ted expressed remorse for not having called the authorities, saying he'd suffered a concussion and was also "overcome, I'm frank to say, by a jumble of emotions: grief, fear, doubt, exhaustion, panic, confusion and shock." He also said there had been no "immoral conduct" and maintained it was an accident.

As for the girl who her stalker shot at, she was alright and actually later met Cosgrove at an event. "This girl came up to me, and she was like, 'I didn't know if I should tell you this here or how to say this, but I'm actually the girl that was at your house that got shot at,'" Cosgrove recalled.

River told Details Magazine in 1991 that he "made love" when he was four and wished he had waited. When the interviewer asked who with, River said, "Kids. But I've blocked it out. I was completely celibate from ten to fourteen."

After going through her mother's medical records and piecing together who she and her father were as people, Fonda said she was able to forgive. "It had nothing to do with me. It wasn't that I wasn't lovable. They had issues. And the minute you know that, you can feel tremendous empathy for them. And you can forgive."

There were also many weird, controlling rules women living at the mansion had to follow, like a 9 p.m. curfew.

After the release of the docuseries, an open letter was penned defending Hefner, signed by hundreds of former playmates, ex-girlfriends, and Mansion employees. People Magazine, which received the letter, reported that it read, "We sign our names to support Hugh M. Hefner. From all we know of Hef, he was a person of upstanding character, exceptional kindness, and dedication to free thought. He demonstrated a commitment to living an honest life beyond everything else. Our time within Hugh Hefner's Playboy and the organization's subsidiaries remains a period all of us are fond of. I proudly sign this letter in recognition of Hugh Hefner's character amid unfounded allegations in the A&E show."

An A&E spokesperson replied, "The stories shared in Secrets of Playboy are the personal experiences of the documentary's participants and deserve to be told despite how difficult they may be for some to hear. Signatures on a letter, or a different experience with Mr. Hefner or the Playboy culture, do not negate the experiences of those who have come forward to share their truth on the series and we look forward to continuing to bring these stories to light."

*This was in regard to a Lifetime biopic of Michel'le, which detailed the abuse. His lawyers sent a cease-and-desist, stating Michel'le was not abused, and also alleged she never went to the police or received medical care for abuse. While a defamation suit was threatened, it does not look like Dre proceeded with one, despite the fact that the special did air.

In the 2017 documentary Chris Brown: Welcome to My Life, Brown detailed the assault. He claimed there was physical violence on both sides before the incident, and that Rihanna began hitting him once they got into the car after Clive Davis’ 2009 Grammy event. "I remember she tried to kick me, but then I really hit her, with a closed fist, like I punched her. I busted her lip," he said. "When I saw it, I was in shock. I was like, ‘fuck, why the hell did I hit her?'" He said Rihanna then spat blood in his face, and he pulled over. According to Brown, Rihanna then took the keys and pretended to throw them out the window, then yelled out the door that Brown was trying to kill her. "By this time, her lip was busted. She had a knot because I pushed her head up against the window."

Kelly denied the allegations and pleaded not guilty; he was eventually found not guilty as the jury decided it could not be proved beyond a doubt that the woman in the video was a minor at the time of filming.

When police seized a camera upon his arrest and allegedly found sexual photos of him with an underage girl, he received 12 more counts of producing child sexual abuse images, but these were dropped after a judge ruled the search should not have occurred.

In 2023, Chicago-based charges of sexual abuse and assault against Kelly were dropped in light of the other successful convictions, which already put him in prison for many years. 

Garland said that at MGM, along with other young stars, she was given rotating bouts of stimulants and depressants to keep her alert and ready to film, then asleep, then alert again, sometimes only hours later — at studio head Louis B. Mayer's request. Mickey Rooney, who also worked for MGM at the time, later denied that MGM had given her drugs. "Judy Garland was never given any drugs by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. Mr. Mayer didn't sanction anything for Judy. No one on that lot was responsible for Judy Garland's death. Unfortunately, Judy chose that path," he said after she died.

Tyler denied these claims and said their relationship was consensual, and claimed immunity because he was her legal guardian then, calling for the suit to be dismissed.

The claims were recently dismissed in Oregon, Washington, and Massachusetts, but not California, where a lawsuit can proceed.

He also "dated" Ione Skye when she was 16 and he was in his mid-20s. She even moved into his house. (Note: Skye says she was 17 in the article linked but recently said she was "16 going on 17" on Tiktok.)

Maddox — who also claimed she slept with David Bowie when she was underage — said in the context of #MeToo, "I never thought there was anything wrong with it, but maybe there was. I used to get letters telling me he was a pedophile, but I’d never think of him like that." But she also said, “I don’t think underage girls should sleep with guys. I wouldn’t want this for anybody’s daughter." It does not appear Page has ever addressed or responded to these claims.

*He did claim that her mother approved of the relationship.