Randy Travis sues state agencies over arrest video
Country music star Randy Travis has sued the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas attorney general’s office after some evidence from his drunken driving arrest last summer was ordered released to the public.
Travis pleaded guilty in January to driving while intoxicated in the August incident in which authorities say they found him naked after crashing his Pontiac Trans Am near Tioga, a town where he lives about 60 miles north of Dallas.
He received two years probation, a $2,000 fine and a 180-day suspended jail sentence, and the judge presiding over the case ordered Travis to spend at least 30 days at an alcohol treatment facility, complete 100 hours of community service and have an ignition interlock device on any vehicle he operates while on probation.
The judge also agreed with a defense motion asking that the arrest video and transcript not be released to the public.
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[font color=green]Asking for $100,000 in damages when making a fool of oneself while in public is reprehensible and proof that Travis is an arrogant SOB. However, before paying the damages the state should put a run copies of the video on every television station in Texas for a couple of weeks to provide a good example of being a bad example.[/font]
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