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“La Bamba” Star Lou Diamond Phillips ARRESTED DUI Texas

Actor Lou Diamond Phillips is facing a DUI charges in Texas after an incident that occurred just hours before he appeared at a speaking engagement in Corpus Christi.

Police in Portland, Texas, busted Phillips Friday afternoon. Jail records show the “La Bamba” star was freed after posting bail, which had been set at $2,500.

Police Chief Mark Cory says an officer was conducting an unrelated traffic stop when the 55-year-old Phillips drove up and asked for directions. The officer suspected Phillips had been drinking. Cory says Phillips’ blood alcohol level was .20 — more than twice the legal limit for driving. source

Cory says Phillips, who listed a California address, was cooperative.

Jail records listed no attorney for Phillips, a 1980 graduate of Corpus Christi’s Flour Bluff High School.

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