Gillispie arrested for DUI
LAWRENCEBURG, Ky. -- Former Kentucky men's basketball coach Billy Gillispie was charged with driving under the influence early Thursday after police who pulled him over said his speech was slurred and he smelled of alcohol.
A police report said the arrest happened at 2:47 a.m. ET along a highway in Lawrenceburg, about 30 miles from Lexington, where Gillispie coached the Wildcats until earlier this year.
Police responded after dispatchers received complaints of a possible intoxicated driver, and pulled over Gillispie, who was driving a white Mercedes with Texas plates.
Lawrenceburg police officer Michael Corley clocked Gillispie doing 63 mph in a 45 mph zone and pulled up behind Gillispie at a red light. When the light turned green, Gillispie's car stayed motionless for one or two minutes before continuing down the road, Corley wrote in his report.
Corley eventually pulled Gillispie over in a school parking lot.
"Billy had a strong fruity smell coming from his person [possibly wine] and had red, glassy eyes and slow, slurred speech," Corley wrote.
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