Must be the bong hits.
"Amanda Bynes appears in New York City court" by Colleen Long | Associated Press, July 10, 2013
NEW YORK — Amanda Bynes wore a long aqua wig, false eyelashes, and black sweatpants and a tank top for a brief court appearance Tuesday on allegations that she chucked a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment.
The 27-year-old actress did not speak during the hearing that lasted mere minutes, but she drew a throng of photographers and television cameras as she entered and left the criminal court building in lower Manhattan. Neither she nor her attorney spoke to reporters outside court.
Bynes was arrested May 23 after building officials at her midtown apartment called police to complain that she was rolling a joint and smoking pot in the lobby. Officers went to her apartment, where they said they saw heavy smoke and a bong sitting on the kitchen counter. They said she tossed the bong out the window, according to prosecutors. A day later, in her first court appearance, she wore a disheveled blond wig.
Bynes rose to fame starring in Nickelodeon’s ‘‘All That’’ and has also starred in several films, including 2010’s ‘‘Easy A.’’ But she has been in the news more recently because of several scrapes with the law and bizarre public behavior.
In a Twitter post after her first court appearance, she accused the officers who arrested her of sexual assault; police are looking into her claims. She also has taken to social media to criticize a host of celebrities recently.
Bynes had no previous arrests in New York, but she was involved in several California cases. In December, the ‘‘Hairspray’’ star resolved a misdemeanor hit-and-run case after entering into a civil settlement with other drivers. She was charged last fall with driving with a suspended license after it was temporarily taken away from her following two hit-and-run cases where she was accused of leaving the scene without providing proper information. She has also pleaded not guilty to drunken driving in a separate case.
I thought it was more than just weed.
It’s not clear how the New York case will affect the California ones.
Manhattan prosecutors filed an affidavit from her building manager, Rudy Toro, corroborating the police and prosecutors’ account of the incident. Bynes’s next court appearance was scheduled for Sept. 26.
Whatever happened to the right to a speedy trial?
Wearing sunglasses, she left court with her attorney, Gerald Shargel, and got into a black Mercedes sedan.
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FLASHBACK:
"Actress Amanda Bynes appeared disheveled in a long blond wig and sweats
Friday in a criminal court where she was charged with reckless
endangerment after police said she heaved a marijuana bong out the window of her 36th-floor Manhattan apartment. The 27-year-old former child star was arrested Thursday evening, after building officials at her midtown apartment called police to complain she was rolling a joint and smoking pot in the lobby. The officers went to her apartment where they said they saw heavy smoke and a bong
sitting on the kitchen counter. They said she tossed the bong out the
window in front of them, prosecutors said. She then said to police: ‘‘It
was just a vase,’’ according to Manhattan Assistant District Attorney
Chikaelo Ibeabuchi. ‘‘My client completely denies illegally throwing
anything out of her window,’’ said Andrew Friedman, her attorney for the arraignment. The judge released her on her own recognizance and gave her a July 9 court date. Bynes rose to fame
starring in Nickelodeon’s ‘‘All That’’ and has also starred in several
films, including 2010’s ‘‘Easy A’’ and 2003’s “What a Girl Wants.’’ But
she has been in the news more recently because of several scrapes with the law and bizarre public behavior."
