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Amanda Bynes (Well, Her Lawyer) Pleads Not Guilty to Driving on Suspended License
Retired actress and habitual law-breaker Amanda Bynes has a lot of legal obligations on her plate, but today opted to have her lawyer show up in her place to enter a plea of not guilty in response to two counts of driving on a suspended license.Just as she had her lawyer rep her in September to plead not guilty on charges she twice was involved in hit-and-run incidents, Bynes declined to show up to court today, according to TMZ.
It seemed the law was not going to catch up to Bynes, though she kept getting into scrapes behind the wheel; she was even pulled over after her driving privileges had been revoked, but was sent off with just a verbal warning. Finally, one morning in Burbank, police ran her plates and determined Bynes was driving on a suspended license. Her BMW went to impound, and Bynes' attorney fees got bigger.
For this case, Bynes is due back in court November 29.
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