Prosecutors charge rapper Eve with DUI

She faces a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine

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Prosecutors filed misdemeanor charges on, May 4, 2007, against Eve, stemming from a traffic accident in Hollywood on April 26.

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updated 3:40 p.m. ET May 4, 2007

LOS ANGELES - City prosecutors filed misdemeanor charges Friday against Eve stemming from a traffic accident in Hollywood last week.

The rapper-actress (real name: Jihan Jeffers) was charged with driving under the influence, driving with a blood-alcohol level of .08 or above, and failure to provide proof of insurance, said Frank Mateljan, a spokesman for the city attorney’s office.

The charges stem from an April 26 arrest in which officers stopped Eve at 2:40 a.m. after her car struck a raised concrete center median on Hollywood Boulevard.

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A breath test showed her blood-alcohol level was above the legal limit, Mateljan said.

Eve, 28, is scheduled to be arraigned May 17.

She faces a maximum penalty of six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

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Mateljan said a statutory minimum sentence would include a minimum of three years’ probation, a fine of at least $390, and an alcohol education program, among other DUI-related conditions.

Phone messages left Friday for Eve’s publicist, Amanda Silverman, and her attorney, Matthew Johnson, were not immediately returned.

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Eve, a protege of gangsta rap trailblazer Dr. Dre, has released several solo albums and won a Grammy in 2001 for the single “Let Me Blow Ya Mind” with Gwen Stefani.

Her movie credits include “Barbershop,” and she once had her own self-titled sitcom.