When actress Michelle Rodriguez who played the now dead Ana-Lucia during Season 2 left the show, there were many rumors that her departure was caused by her then recent alcohol related run-ins with the law.
Michelle has now decided to tell her version of the story, and if what she is writing is true, I feel pretty sorry for her:
I was at the mall when I checked my messages and found that I was invited to watch Eve’s episode at her home. I had bin working on the show for about 6 to 7 months and hadn’t really had many moments to get to know some of the cast because some of us barely worked together, so I thought this would be a good opportunity. Being that I was going to spend christmas and new years off the island i thought ‘why not buy a nice bottle of champaign and chocolates’. So I did and I left the mall and made my way to Eve’s house…
I get there we watch the episode, eat some food, drink some champaign, talk about our holiday plans, and I decide to go because I’ve got an hour drive home to the north shore where I lived. Eve tells me I’ve had a drink and should probably stay over if it’s getting late. I thought to myself: well what if I have to use the bathroom in the middle of the night and I pee too loud, or what if I snore, sleep walk, or talk in my sleep.” I didn’t feel like I knew her well enough to embarrass myself in her home, let alone sleep over. My first inclination was Hotel. Then my friend and fellow cast member whom I had bin working with every day says: ” stay over my house I’m five minutes from here.” I thought to myself, I feel comfortable around her, she wouldn’t be surprised by anything I do… So I decided, five minutes away, at 15 miles an hour, never killed a pot head… So my dumb ass followed her home. I guess a drink or two can make you reason like a teenager or an insecure dork.
We get stopped driving like 15 miles an hour down a 35 to 40 mph road. I cry, this sucks ass, I get over it take pictures with some cops at precinct on their camera phone, take a breathalyzer and go home a couple of hours later. I hire some lawyer from hawaii, loose my 28 acres of land and my home in jersey paying him off, just so I can get the same treatment I would have gotten from a public defender. I realized my payday in movies was way better than T.V. at that moment….
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I don’t feel sorry for her. No way. She’s an idiot. She made this mistake before and should have known better. She obviously didn’t learn a damn thing. It’s only a matter of time before she does it again.
You obviously missed the part where she said she’s not about to trade a sip of alcohol for her future. It’s obvious she’s learned her lesson and won’t do this again. I respect this demonstration of remorse and self-awareness so much. Thanks for reporting this!
What the heck? She hires a lawyer for her DUI charge, and has to sell a house and 28 acres of land to pay the guy? DUI defense may cost a couple thousand… but what are we talking here, half a million? She’s a movie star, I doubt she was living in an $80,000 shack… I think she discredits herself by making that claim. This wasn’t an OJ Simpson defense team, it was a simple DUI.
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Anyone else notice that her publicist must not have proofed this, there are spelling mistakes EVERYWHERE…
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This is a straight from Michelle message. Anyone can have their publicist issue some useless contrived message that is easily shrugged off. I respect someone talking for themselves for once in that freaking industry!
That is sad and sounds like bad luck.