Friends’ Bonnie Somerville arrested for DUI after ‘pulling over on freeway due to gas running out’
Friends star Bonnie Somerville arrested for DUI after ‘pulling over on freeway due to running out of gas’
- Police were getting calls around 10pm on Sunday night for a car stopped in traffic on the 405 freeway near Inglewood
- They claim when officers had arrived to the scene, they found the 47-year-old actress behind-the-wheel of a Mercedes-Benz while pulled off to the shoulder
- The law enforcement source claims that Somerville had told police that she had just ran out of gas but cops said that she reeked of booze
- She was then given a field sobriety test which she ended up failing
- The publication was told that she was cited for DUI before later being released
- Somerville is best known for her guest role on season 8 of Friends in which her character Mona dated David Schimmer’s character Ross Geller
Bonnie Somerville, who starred as Ross’s love-interest Mona on Friends, was arrested for DUI over the weekend.
According to law enforcement sources for TMZ on Tuesday morning, police were getting calls around 10pm on Sunday night for a car stopped in traffic on the 405 freeway near Inglewood.
They claim that when officers had arrived to the scene, they found the 47-year-old actress behind-the-wheel of a Mercedes-Benz while pulled off to the right shoulder.
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Tough times: Bonnie Somerville, who starred as Ross’s love-interest Mona on Friends, was arrested for DUI over the weekend, as the actress is seen in January 2019
Back in the day:Somerville is best known for her guest role on season 8 of Friends in which her character Mona dated David Schimmer’s character Ross Geller
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The law enforcement source claims that Somerville had told police that she had just ran out of gas but cops said that she reeked of booze.
She was then given a field sobriety test which she ended up failing.
Ouch: According to law enforcement sources for TMZ, police were getting calls around 10pm on Sunday night for a car stopped in traffic on the 405 freeway before finding the 47-year-old actress (seen February 2020) in a Mercedes-Benz while pulled off to the right shoulder
The publication was told that she was cited for DUI before later being released.
Somerville is best known for her guest role on season 8 of Friends in which her character Mona dated David Schimmer’s character Ross Geller.
She starred in seven episodes of the series from 2001 to 2002 as it detailed the tumultuous relationship between the two which was rocky due to Ross being the father of Rachel’s (played by Jennifer Aniston) baby.
Different time: She starred in seven episodes of Friends from 2001 to 2002 as it detailed the tumultuous relationship between the two which was rocky due to Ross being the father of Rachel’s (played by Jennifer Aniston) baby
The actress went on to star as Detective Laura Murphy on NYPD Blue over 20 episodes from 2004 to 2005.
Years later she starred on another CBS drama, Code Black, as Christa Lorenson over 18 episodes from 2015 to 2016.
The relationship with CBS did not end there as more recently she starred as Paula Hill for three episodes of Blue Bloods in 2020.
Moving on: The actress went on to star as Detective Laura Murphy on NYPD Blue over 20 episodes from 2004 to 2005
