'Burn Notice's' Jeffrey Donovan busted for DUI

By Hanh Nguyen

July 20, 2009 12:18 PM

Jeffrey Donovan, star of spy drama "Burn Notice," is obviously only stealthy on TV.

The 41-year-old USA network actor was arrested for allegedly driving under the influence when he swerved to avoid rear-ending a police car on Sunday, July 12 in Miami Beach, reports TMZ.com.

According to the police report, the officer, whose car was narrowly avoided getting hit, approached Donovan, who said, "Sorry, I didn't see the red light or your stopped car."

The actor told the officer that he had had three drinks earlier. He failed a field sobriety test and was arrested, whereupon he then revealed, "The only mistake I made tonight was drinking Benadryl with 3 glasses of wine."

"Burn Notice" is set and shot in Miami. The series centers on operative Michael Westen, who was "burned," that is, he was deemed unreliable and was "wiped off the grid."

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9 Comments

Why did it take a week for the news to come out? And is this still news a week later?

Adam | July 20, 2009 12:37 PM

Another loser!!!

who cares | July 20, 2009 1:03 PM

Well, I certainly would have let him ride me home no problem at all......

Paula | July 20, 2009 1:21 PM

At some point in their life, every adult has had a few gl***es of wine with dinner and then drove themselves home. Most never get pulled over. It's only news when a celebrity gets caught.

Jeffrey Donovan made a mistake and will hopefully learn from it. From the interviews I've seen, he appears to be a good person.

Katie | July 20, 2009 1:42 PM

Yeah, Katie is right. It's every adults right, nay, duty to get drunk and drive at some point in their life. So cut the guy some slack, because he was only fulfilling his duty of endangering himself and the people around him.

Q | July 20, 2009 4:20 PM

Poor guy. He just made a mistake. At least no one got hurt. He's not another loser and I'm pretty sure he could choke you out 'who cares'

Heather | July 20, 2009 5:26 PM

What an idiot. One thing I can't stand is a person that has financial means who simply don't have the common sense to call a cab and not drive.

And, correct me if I'm wrong, he's had martial arts training, which if true goes against all teachings of mind, body and self-discipline.

Idiot.

BurnNoticeMan | July 21, 2009 2:23 AM

Truthfully, 3 gl***es of wine with dinner, if imbibed over a long enough period of time, might not be enough to push you over the legal limit of 0.08. If he was taking Benadryl at the same time, though, it definitely would.

Outlander | July 21, 2009 6:42 AM

This just proves that even Superman could get his *** kicked if he had Benadryl (or worse yet, Nyquil) in his system. That stuff is evil.

Aaron R | July 21, 2009 12:01 PM