Bush Daughter Gets Probation for Bar Drink
June 9, 2001
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
A USTIN, Tex., June 9 - Barbara
Bush, one of President Bush's
19-year-old twin daughters, has pleaded no
contest to under-age drinking and been
sentenced to three months' probation.
Her twin, Jenna, has pleaded not guilty to misrepresenting her age while trying to
buy a drink with someone else's identification. The Austin Municipal Court set a hearing date
of July 31 for the case.
In addition to probation, Barbara was sentenced on Thursday to eight hours of
community service and attendance at an alcohol-awareness class, court records
show.
The two were cited on May 29 after an incident at a restaurant here.
Jenna pleaded no contest last month to under-age drinking charges in a separate
incident and was ordered to undergo alcohol counseling and perform community
service.
A police report obtained by The Austin American-Statesman gave this account of
the latest incident: The Bush sisters and a 20-year-old friend, Jesse Day-Wickham,
handed driver's licenses to a waitress who had asked for identification.
The waitress had doubts about the identification presented by Jenna and asked the
restaurant manager to double-check. The manager told Jenna she would not be
served, and the waitress took alcohol to Barbara Bush and Ms. Day-Wickham.
When the bartender saw Jenna drinking and other patrons said they recognized
Barbara, the manager called 911. As the twins started to leave the restaurant, the
police stopped them and asked Jenna for the identification she used when she tried
to order a drink. She handed it over and started crying.
"She then stated that I do not have any idea what it is like to be a college student
and not be able to do anything that other students get to do," an officer wrote in his
report.
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