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Nicole Richie served 82 minutes of her four-day sentence on Thursday due to jail overcrowding, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department.  Richie arrived at the Lynwood Correctional facility, accompanied by her lawyer and boyfriend Joel Madden, the five-months pregnant Richie entered at 3:15 p.m. for booking. She was listed at 5′1″ and 105 lbs. She was processed into the system and released at 4:37 p.m. “Miss Richie was cooperative during the process… based on her sentence and federal court guidelines [she was released],” in a statement made by the sheriff’s statement department. Under the current sheriff’s policy, non-violent female offenders sentenced to 30 days or less are booked and released within 12 hours.  This sentence stems from December 2006 incident of driving under the influence of drugs. Stay tuned to gettyimages.com for everything Nicole!

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Nicole Richie’s baby daddy Joel Madden of Good Charlotte performed at the Verizon Wireless Communication store in Woodbridge, New Jersey. Richie, who has recently been spotted in nearby New York City, was nowhere to be found at the event. Where do you think Nicole was?

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In this courtroom illustration, Nicole Richie appears in court on DUI charges in Glendale, California. Richie plead guilty to charges driving influence of drugs and will serve about four days in jail and fined $2,048 dollars. Boyfriend Joel Madden, lead singer of the band Good Charolette was by her side. What do you think of Nicole’s courtroom look?

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Nicole Richie pleaded guilty today to driving under the influence of drugs and was sentenced to about four days in jail and fined by a Court Commissioner Steven K. Lubell who said she was lucky nobody was killed when she drove the wrong way on a freeway. Wearing a loose-fitting Moschino black dress (possibly concealing a rumored pregnancy), oversized glasses, and hair conservatively pulled back, Richie showed up 10 minutes early for her 8:30 a.m hearing, arm-in-arm with her boyfriend, Joel Madden, who was also dressed in all black. Matching her somber outfit, Richie’s mood was described as serious but not emotional as she was sentenced to a plea agreement of jail time and a fine of $2,048 worked out between prosecutors and her lawyers. Richie will serve three years of probation and was warned that she would go to county jail for a year if she violated the terms of agreement. Stay tuned to gettyimages.com to see how Richie’s ongoing legal battles unfold.

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Nicole Richie wowed the crowd in an asymmetrical metallic Julian MacDonald evening gown at the third annual MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007 at Acer Arena in Sydney. Richie accessorized the look with her trademark bangles, a gold clutch, and drew attention to her petite frame with a large belt.

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Nicole Richie (L) and Australian actress and her current BFF of the moment, Sophie Monk (R) attended the photo call and press conference for MTV Australia Video Music Awards 2007 at The Hilton’s Zeta Bar in Sydney. The starlets became close while dating the Madden brothers, Joel and Benji of Good Charlotte.

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