Christina Aguilera arrested for public intoxication stares into police mugshot camera

By
Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 8:52 AM on 2nd March 2011

Christina Aguilera is seen staring directly into the camera in her mugshot after her arrest for public intoxication.

The 30-year-old singer was taken in by police around 2.45am yesterday morning because she ‘was
not capable of taking care of herself’ a Los Angeles Sheriff’s
spokesman has said.

And now Aguilera’s booking photo has been revealed, showing the mother-of-one shortly after she was taken into custody.

Candid camera: Christina Aguilera’s mugshot has been revealed following her arrest yesterday for public intoxication

However, while E! News managed to get hold of the picture, LA Sheriff’s Department spokesman Steve Whitmore said that it will not be released to the public because authorities do not plan to press charges.

Aguilera was driven home from the West Hollywood police station at 7.30am yesterday morning after being released from police custody.

Her boyfriend Matthew Rutler, 25, left jail on $30,000 bail after being arrested for driving under the influence.

Following Aguilera’s arrest yesterday, Steve Whitmore, the chief public information officer for the Los
Angeles Sheriffs department, spoke at a press conference in front of the
West Hollywood station.

Under cover: The singer hid her face as she lay in the back seat while being driven away from the West Hollywood police station yesterday morning

Aguilera was a passenger in the car driven by Rutler when officers said he was observed to be driving dangerously.

‘They witnessed a person driving erratically,’ Whitmore said.

‘At 2.45am this morning a gentleman was stopped for allegedly driving
under the influence. He was subsequently arrested and his passenger, Ms
Aguilera, she was arrested.

‘It was kind of a unique situation with this law as she was not capable of taking care of herself. She was incapacitated.

‘When she got out of the car, she couldn’t stand. We had to help her stand,” he added. ‘She didn’t know where she was and she didn’t know her own address. We took her into custody for her own protection.

‘She was co-operative and she was not belligerent in any way whatsoever. She was just intoxicated.’

Whitmore said the Sheriff’s department had no intention of pressing
charges on the singer but noted that she would have an arrest record.

He said: ‘What we do in the situation is that we do indeed arrest the individual on misdemeanor public intoxication.

Mugshot: The musician and production assistant was pulled over by police after driving erratically

‘But we have no desire to prosecute. None whatsoever, it is just for public welfare, public safety issues.’

Aguilera, who was listed at 5’2″ and 100lbs on her booking sheet, was allowed to leave the station early yesterday morning.

‘When she was able to navigate and to think on her own and make her
own way she was released at 7.30am,’ Whitmore said.

‘As she got better, she said she would like to leave and that is what happened.

Sobering experience: Rutler collected his car from an impound yard in Los Angeles after being released from custody

‘Technically there was an arrest. However, there is no desire to prosecute.’ 

While a mug shot has emerged of Rutler, police will not be releasing the one taken of Aguilera.

A statement by police says: ‘Because she was taken into custody solely for her safety and the safety of the public, no charges will be filed. As a result, her booking photo will not be released.

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

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 her Super Bowl performance on February 6.

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.

Various U.S. media outlets are claiming that friends have been encouraging Aguilera to enter rehab for some time. 

‘Her drinking is out of control,’ an Aguilera source tells America’s Us Weekly. ‘She’s a total mess.’

The magazine claims the former Disney star has been caught up in numerous alcohol-fueld dramas in recent months. 

She was allegedly involved in an heated argument with her mother Shelly Kearns on New Year’s Eve.

Press conference: Steve Whitmore, the chief public information officer for the Los Angeles Sheriffs department, said the singer was ‘incapacitated’ when she was taken in by police

‘Christina was so wasted before her guests arrived that her mother
told her to lie down and sober up,’ another insider tells the
publication.

‘Christina then yelled “Who do you think you are?” It was crazy!’

She was also reported to have passed out drunk in Jeremy Renner’s bed
after turning up uninvited to his star-studded birthday party at his
Beverly Hills home on January 8.

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 have a three-year-old son,
Max.

Day out: Christina’s ex Jordan Bratman was seen taking their son Max to the park yesterday afternoon in Santa Monica

After the news of Aguilera’s arrest broke, Bratman distracted little Max by taking him to the park in Santa Monica.

Aguilera
and Rutler had met months earlier on the set of her movie Burlesque, which co-starred singing legend Cher.

Meanwhile, pregnant singer Pink shared her own thoughts on the arrest on her Twitter page, telling fans yesterday: ‘Out of Myself, Britney, and Christina – didn’t everyone think I was gonna be the troublemaker? LOOK MA!!! No CUFFS!!’

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