Christina Aguilera released from custody after arrest

By
Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 5:56 PM on 1st March 2011

Christina Aguilera was released from custody this morning after being arrested in Los Angeles just after 2.45am for public intoxication.

The 30-year-old mother of one hid her face as she was driven home from the West Hollywood police station. 

The singer’s boyfriend Matthew Rutler, 25, also left after being charged with driving under the influence.

The L.A. County Sheriff’s Department had set Rutler’s bail at $30,000.

The pair were picked up by police in the early hours after a night out Hollywood.

Police insiders tell America’s TMZ the star was ‘extremely intoxicated’ and ‘unable
to take care of herself’ .

The mother of one, who was listed at 5’2″ and 100lbs on her booking sheet, is said to be in the process of being released on $250 bail.

The arrest is the latest in a series of publicly humiliating moments for the singer.

She was forced to apologise after mixing up the words to the National Anthem during the Super Bowl on February 6.

Booking sheet: The singer was taken in by West Hollywood police around 2.45am

Double trouble: Rutler’s bail has been set at $30,000

She then tripped and fell to the ground while taking part in an all-star tribute to R&B legend Aretha Franklin at the Grammy Awards on February 13.

Aguilera
began dating Rutler in November last year just two months after she split
from her husband of five years, Jordan Bratman.

The former couple, who she has a three-year-old son,
Max.

The pair had met months earlier on the set of Aguilera’s movie Burlesque which co-starred singing legend Cher.

Downward spiral: She also took a tumble during a tribute to Aretha Franklin at the Grammy Awards on February 13