Life & Style’s Simmons Arrested

By Paige Albiniak
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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Kimora Lee Simmons, one of the hosts of Sony Pictures Television's new syndicated strip, Life & Style, was arrested in New Jersey Monday on charges of possession of less than 50 grams of marijuana, eluding police, careless driving, tailgating and driving with a broken brake light, according to CNN.com (www.cnn.com).

Simmons failed to stop her car when police wanted to pull her over for "minor motor-vehicle violations." They arrested her once she arrived at her home in Saddle River, N.J. Simmons is married to Russell Simmons, founder and co-owner of Def Jam Records. Sony had no comment.

Paige Albiniak
Paige Albiniak

Contributing editor Paige Albiniak has been covering the business of television for more than 25 years. She is a longtime contributor to Next TV, Broadcasting + Cable and Multichannel News. She concurrently serves as editorial director for The Global Entertainment Marketing Academy of Arts & Sciences (G.E.M.A.). She has written for such publications as TVNewsCheck, The New York Post, Variety, CBS Watch and more. Albiniak was B+C’s Los Angeles bureau chief from September 2002 to 2004, and an associate editor covering Congress and lobbying for the magazine in Washington, D.C., from January 1997 - September 2002.