Eve–she of the rapping and the short-lived titular UPN series and the sex tape–was arrested early this morning for drunk driving after she smashed up her Maserati in Hollywood. And then Sean Penn visited her in jail at 4 A.M. Because apparently, in addition to traveling to New Orleans and paddling around in a rowboat with a camera crew, Sean Penn stays up all night listening to his police radio, poised and ready to spring to action wherever and whenever fellow celebrities get tossed in the hoosegow. Some might call him an American hero. Like G.I. Joe, or William Katt.
TMZ (of course!) reports:
Eve (real name: Eve Jeffers) was driving in Hollywood around 2:45 AM Thursday when she hit the center divider, totaling the front of her car. TMZ was on the scene, and observed that after cops arrived, they placed her in handcuffs, and (according to our staffers) she was "visibly upset" as they led her into a squad car. We've learned that there were two people in the car with Eve at the time.
According to police, Eve's blood alcohol level was twice the legal limit. Plus, the Sean Penn thingie:
Hard time couldn't have been that bad for just-busted rapper Eve — TMZ has learned that she got an early morning celebrity visit from Oscar-winning actor Sean Penn! Talk about special treatment!
Penn arrived shortly after the rapper-actress was booked by police on suspicion on driving under the influence. As we first reported this morning, Eve was arrested after crashing her Maserati into a center divider on Hollywood Blvd. We spotted Penn leaving in a taxi close to 4:00 AM.
Police sources tell TMZ, "He came to see how Eve was doing." No word yet if Sean and Eve had been out together before her car accident.
Although Eve was bailed out later, it was not Penn doing the bailing. We have to wonder what it feels like to be busted for DUI, thrown in the clink like common people, and then have Sean Penn mysteriously show up before daybreak, strolling in wearing $2000 Armani pants and a Cartier diamond wallet holding 10,000 in cash to say, "Hey, just seeing how you're doing. Looks like you're OK. Welp, smell you later."
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