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Former NBA champion Paul Pierce has been hit with two criminal charges following his recent arrest for driving under the influence in Los Angeles.
According to TMZ, Pierce has been charged with one count of driving under the influence of alcohol and one count of driving with .08 per cent blood alcohol content.
Pierce was found asleep at the wheel of his Range Rover SUV in the middle of a busy highway in Los Angeles on October 7.
On the night of his arrest, California Highway Patrol shut down multiple lanes of Highway 101 to investigate a crash. It left Pierce and many other motorists stuck in gridlocked traffic for nearly an hour.
When the highway was re-opened at around 10:30pm local time on Tuesday night, Pierce was found sleeping at the wheel just south of the crash.
Pierce posted an image of rows and rows of cars with brake lights on and captioned it, 'Imagine being stuck in stand still traffic for 45 mins and falling asleep.'
Former NBA champion Paul Pierce has been hit with two criminal charges after his DUI arrest
Since retiring in 2017, the 47-year-old California native has worked as an NBA analyst for two sports cable stations, both of which ultimately fired him.
In 2021, Pierce was let go by ESPN after livestreaming himself playing poker with bikini-clad women as the group enjoyed some alcohol and marijuana.
The Truth, as he was known during his playing days, resurfaced at FS1 in 2024, where he served as a regular contributor on Undisputed with Skip Bayless. That show was later cancelled and Pierce moved to another show, Speak, which was also shut down.
More to follow.
