Weiland Maintains DUI Innocence (E! Online)
Natalie Finn Wed Mar 5, 12:01 PM ET
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The alt-rocker pleaded not guilty Wednesday to driving under the influence of drugs with a prior conviction, maintaining he was sober when he bumped into another car on a Los Angeles freeway in November.
A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Apr. 4. Weiland doesn't have to appear in person because the charge is a misdemeanor.
If convicted, the 40-year-old Velvet Revolver frontman, who checked into rehab early last month, is facing a maximum sentence of one year in jail and a $1,000 fine. He's guaranteed at least eight days behind bars if he's found guilty, and his car could be impounded for 30 days, as well.
He was ordered into a six-month treatment program and spent three years on probation after pleading no contest to misdemeanor DUI in 2004.
Weiland was arrested Nov. 21 on a Hollywood Freeway onramp in the San Fernando Valley after his Mercedes collided with another vehicle and he reportedly refused to take a chemical test. He was booked on suspicion of DUI and released after posting $40,000 bail.
The musician hasn't commented on the bust, but Velvet Revolver's management said at the time that Weiland was not driving under the influence and that a Breathalyzer test would prove his blood-alcohol level was "well within the legal limit."
Meanwhile, the original members of Stone Temple Pilots—Weiland, guitarist Dean DeLeo, his bassist-brother Robert DeLeo and drummer Eric Kretz—have announced plans to reunite onstage for the first time since 2002 at the Rock on the Range Festival May 17 in Columbus, Ohio.
