Bill Murray and the Golf Cart DUI

This story is more humorous than scandalous, but definitely deserves a mention. Comedian and actor Bill Murray was stopped in Sweden a little over a week ago while driving a gold cart very slowly through downtown Stockholm. Police pulled him over and noticed a strong smell of alcohol and so requested to take his BAC (blood alcohol level) using a breathalyzer machine. Murray refused. Since he refused, Murray was forced to submit to a blood test and the results have yet to be released. He was allowed to skip the breath test in favor of the blood test because he cited the U.S. law which makes such an allowance. The results of the alcohol level blood test are expected to be obtained by the police in Stockholm within two weeks of the date of the incident.

After the incident, Murray returned to the United States, but was first required to sign a document which allows the Swedish police officer to enter a guilty plea for him if the blood test comes back high enough for the prosecution of a DUI in the Swedish court system. Unlike the stiff penalties which have been faced by many celebs within the United States for DUI offenses, Murray would likely only be required to pay a fine. The only way Murray would receive jail time would be if the blood test came back with extremely high blood alcohol content values which the attending officer believes will be quite unlikely. He stated to the media that Murray showed “no obvious signs, like when someone is really tipsy.”

As of yet, there have been no confirmations of where and how Murray obtained the golf cart. A few reports have stated that Murray took (or borrowed) the golf cart from a display at the hotel where he was staying during his trip. However, it is not illegal to drive golf carts on Stockholm’s public roads, but according to one of the police officers, it’s not really a very common thing to do. The strange situation has been featured on various news programming as an entertainment feature, including the vh1 show, Best Week Ever.

Murray is most famous for his stint on Saturday Night Live as well as his Oscar nomination for the critically acclaimed film with Scarlett Johansson, Lost in Translation.