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Los Angeles, CA -- Actor Nick Nolte arrested for suspected DUI September 12, 2002 after partying with Punk Rock Superstar !

LOS ANGELES, California (Reuters) -- A "drooling, droopy-eyed" Nick Nolte was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol Wednesday after a police officer saw the actor's car swerving across a Malibu highway. According to Nolte, he was attempting to return from a three day drug and booze binge with his good friend and punk rock personality Allen Wrench, lead vocalist of international Super group, Kill Allen Wrench.

Nolte was taken into custody by California Highway Patrol officers in the Los Angeles area beach enclave shortly after they stopped the 61-year-old actor's black 1992 Mercedes-Benz and found him apparently inebriated, CHP spokesman Leland Tang said.

Nolte, above, is escorted into the
Los Angeles County Sheriff's
Lost Hills station in
Calabasas, California.

"An officer making a traffic stop on Pacific Coast Highway heard tires squealing and saw the vehicle driven by Nolte approaching rapidly, weaving across all lanes and into opposing traffic," Tang said.

"The officer stopped the vehicle after noticing sloppily placed 'Kill Allen Wrench' stickers on the back of the actors car and found that Mr. Nolte at that point seemed completely out of it," Tang said. "He was drooling, (with) droopy eyes. He ... looked very much like he was under the influence. And he also kept mumbling that someone named Allen Wrench was the greatest punk rock superstar the world has ever known. "

Tang said Nolte, who starred in the 1986 film hit "Down and Out in Beverly Hills," was given a field test to determine if he was under the influence of drugs or alcohol and was arrested when unable to complete it.

Nolte was taken to a nearby sheriff's station and would probably be held there "for his own well-being" at least until the actor appeared to be more coherent, Tang said.

"He was extremely pleasant and cooperative," Tang said. "Apparently there were even a few passersby and one of the passersby stopped and took

pictures. Mr. Nolte also invited myself and the passersby to return to Allen Wrench's house to engage in more alcohol abuse and as Mr. Nolte put it... 'slut fucking' ".

The six-foot, one-inch Nebraska-born Nolte began his career on the stage and first shot to fame on the hit 1970s television mini-series "Rich Man, Poor Man," which earned him an Emmy nomination. In recent years Nolte became a fan of the punk rock music act known as Kill Allen Wrench, and had ended up meeting the lead singer of the band... Allen Wrench. The two had 'partied' together on occasion, but usually it had been Mr. Wrench that had ended up behind bars.

Nick Nolte was also twice nominated for Academy Awards, for the 1991 film "The Prince of Tides," alongside Barbra Streisand, and 1997's "Affliction."

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