Robert F Kennedy's wife, Mary Richardson Kennedy, has been charged with driving under the influence just one month after her license was suspended having pleaded guilty to driving while impaired by alcohol.
New York state police reported that she was pulled over on Saturday morning for speeding on the Taconic State Parkway in Dutchess County, in the Hudson Valley. They would not divulge how fast she was going or what the sobriety test revealed, said the Associated Press.
The Journal News, a local newspaper, reported that Kennedy had been driving at 82 miles per hour on her way to a yoga class.
Having been arrested she was brought to the police barracks at Millbrook. A drug recognition expert at the barracks determined that she was under the influence of a prescription medication.
She will appear in court for her primary hearing on Thursday.
Kerry Lawrence, Kennedy's lawyer, said "We look forward to defending the charges against Miss Richardson Kennedy."
She was first arrested on May 15 for driving while intoxicated. A police officer saw her driver her car up on to the curb near their Bedford home. Her blood alcohol level was recorded as 0.11 percent. She avoided spending time in jail by pleading guilty to a lesser crime.
The judge fined her $500 and suspended her license for 90 days. She was also instructed to attend two drunken-driving programs.
Last weekend Kennedy was driving with a conditional license that was issued on the August 12 when her suspension was lifted.
Her previous arrest came just three days after Robert F. Kennedy filmed for matrimonial action with the County clerk's office, naming Kennedy as defendant. It is believed that he has filed for divorce. Both parties have declined to comment.
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Switch to the desktop site to post a comment.Monsoonman | Aug 27, 2010, 10:09 AM EDT
To me this is their private problem. She has no political position of power over the rest of the country where her impaired condition would mar her judgment...Right now she is only in a position to hurt herself or if she gets in a car hurt other drivers. she is not in the position to hurt millions of her fellow citizens like the rest of the kennedys have been able to do.
Laura Wilson | Aug 26, 2010, 08:08 PM EDT
Wow looks like the kenneyds have lost thier luster & turnd it into Lushes,................ guess what Kennedy family the USA, no longer cares get a real life
phoenixnurse | Aug 26, 2010, 11:59 AM EDT
If I was married to a Kennedy, I'd be drinking too! They drive you to drink and destroy your life! Family History is proof enough!
murphy66 | Aug 26, 2010, 02:45 AM EDT
The Kennedys drive another wife to the sauce. What else is new?
rcrdskpr@aol.com | Aug 25, 2010, 05:37 PM EDT
ahh, the dennedys. what would we do without them. where would we be without amusing tales drunken cavorting in the dunes of marthas vineyard, driving recklessly around wash dc, getting tongue tied while under the influence while delivering speeches. ahh, the kennedys. americas most dysfunctional family. without them the irish wouldnt have a bad name.
peterson | Aug 25, 2010, 01:16 PM EDT
Well connected people are treated so MUCH differently than we, the common people 1!!
jdi2269 | Aug 25, 2010, 12:14 PM EDT
NOT SURPRISING, BUT SHE WON'T BE TREATED LIKE US...THE KENNEDY MONEY WILL TALK !
wjb1tex | Aug 25, 2010, 12:08 PM EDT
I am sorry for her and her problem. But I find it curious that the police would not divulge how impaired she was or how fast she was going. That seems to be something that is typically reported for others. I don't know that it needs to be but why for some and not others ?
killowen | Aug 25, 2010, 12:01 PM EDT
gets a pass - democracy as it should be.
killowen | Aug 25, 2010, 12:00 PM EDT
gets a pass i'd bet. democracy as it should be.
FlynnMcCool | Aug 25, 2010, 11:52 AM EDT
Not another,"prefered treatment" for a "Kennedy". When are people going to learn? You give "Kennedys" the same treatment as anyone else. Will her drivers license be yanked on the 3rd dui conviction,or is the "Kennedy" name going to magically let her "walk" out with another "wrist slap" of a sentence?
DLW12183 | Aug 25, 2010, 11:40 AM EDT
You would drink to excess also if you were married to a Kennedy!
Laura Wilson | Aug 25, 2010, 10:06 AM EDT
put her arse in jail 30 days she wont drink again, comming from a corrections officer, BREAK THE CYCLE KENNEDYS WHAT IS THIS a kenndey legacy drink/repeat drink/ repeat ? get over it, or do you have to be a drunker to be married to a kennedy?
Siobhan39 | Aug 25, 2010, 09:15 AM EDT
Why is this Irish news? Because her last name is Kennedy? I often get the feeling that this online newsletter is related to the4 Globe and the Star and other gossip magazines.