Nicole Richie Denied Continuance

No love for the Rich-ie. According to TMZ, Nicole did not get the court date continuance she initially requested.

The Commissioner in the Nicole Richie DUI case did not grant the continuance Nicole Richie wanted. Period.

As TMZ first reported, Richie’s lawyer asked for a continuance until August 5th, because her expert witness, Dr. Terence McGee, was not available to testify then. Commissioner Steven Lubell was visibly upset and ordered both Nicole’s lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, and the prosecutor into chambers. When the Commissioner came out, he said he would not rule on the continuance and ordered all parties into court tomorrow morning at 8:30 AM — that’s when the trial is scheduled to begin.

What makes this even more of a conundrum for the pill-popping, wrong-way-driving, emaciated mom-to-be is that she flew to Calgary last night for her baby daddy’s show. Facing a minimum of five days in prison if convicted, this is anything but The Simple Life. On the bright side, she can use her baby bump to smuggle in contraband.

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