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Actor David Hasselhoff Arrested for Drunk Driving
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Actor David Hasselhoff, who played the frequently bare-chested chief lifeguard on the international hit TV series “Baywatch,” was arrested over the weekend on charges of driving under the influence of alcohol, police officials said on Monday.
A Los Angeles Police Department spokeswoman said Hasselhoff was arrested late Saturday evening on a DUI charge in the Encino area. She did not have any details on the circumstances of the arrest.
Hasselhoff entered an alcohol rehabilitation program in the summer of 2002 and admitted in subsequent interviews that he had hit “rock bottom.”
A spokeswoman for the 51-year-old actor was not immediately available to comment on his arrest.
“Baywatch” debuted on NBC in 1989 and was canceled after one season. But Hasselhoff and his partners acquired rights to the show and brought it back as a syndicated series in 1991 based on its popularity overseas. The show went off the air in 2001.
The show also made household names of actresses like Pamela Anderson, Carmen Electra and Yasmine Bleeth.
Hasselhoff won early fame starring in the 1980s talking car TV series “Knight Rider” and has also enjoyed success as a singer, especially in Germany. He appears in the film comedy “Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story” due for U.S. release later this month.