Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd pleaded guilty Tuesday to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge and was placed on an interim probation for his role in a 2012 automobile accident.
Kidd's plea requires him to provide counseling at a Long Island high school, where he will speak on the dangers of drunken driving, per the Associated Press via ESPN. If Kidd completes his community service requirements, the court will reduce his charge to a summary violation of driving while ability impaired at his next scheduled court date on September 30.
Kidd is not expected to see any jail time, provided he completes the required stipulations. The 40-year-old was charged with driving while intoxicated last July after driving his Cadillac Escalade into a telephone pole in Southampton, New York.
Kidd allegedly refused to be breathalyzed after police came onto the scene and declined to have his blood-alcohol concentration measured at a local hospital, where he was treated for minor injuries. The state of New York then charged Kidd with a DWI despite not having his alcohol content, a charge to which he ...
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Jason Kidd Placed on Interim Probation After Pleading Guilty to DWI
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