The Associated Press reports that Dawn Wells, known to millions of television viewers as Mary Ann on Gilligan's Island, is serving 6 months probabtion for allegedly having marijuana in her car after being pulled over on the way home from a surprise party held in her honor.
She was pulled over on October 18th of 2007, in Tecton County, Idaho, after a Sheriff's Deputy noticed her, slowing down, speeding up and swerving as she drove. When he pulled her over, he inquired about an odor of marijuana coming from the vehicle. Wells attributed it to something that three hitchhikers she had just given a ride to had been smoking. A search of her car yielded some partially smoked joints and a couple of cases believed to be used for storing the dope.
As if that wasn't bad enough, she then failed a sobriety test.
Her attorney, Ron Swafford, claims that numerous witnesses were willing to testify that the former TV star had not had much to drink at the party and was sober when she left. The erratic driving was due to Wells playing around with the heater controls in her new car. Swafford further explains that a friend of Wells testified that he had used the car that day and left the drugs in it without the owner's knowledge.
Sounds like the show's writers had one last zany plot left in them....but then again, Mary Ann always was too trusting and naive.
Wells, who is now a whopping 69, pleaded guilty to reckless driving on February 29th and was given a $410.50 fine and sentenced to 5 days in jail and 6 months of unsupervised probabtion.
Who knew that the girl next door was a 60's version of Lindsay Lohan?
After spending all that time stuck on an island, 5 days in the slammer must seem like a cake walk. Thank heavens the Skipper wasn't alive to see this.
Isn't Gilligan usually the screw up?
