Billionaire Walmart heiress Alice Walton arrested on DUI charge
Walmart heiress Alice Walton was arrested on Friday night - her 62nd birthday - on a charge of drink driving.
The daughter of Walmart founder Sam Walton was stopped at an Intestate in Parker County Texas for a traffic violation shortly after 10pm.
Texas Highway patrol Trooper Gary Rozzell said: 'Through an investigation at the scene, Walton was determined to be intoxicated during a field sobriety test.'
Walmart heiress Alice Walton was arrested on DUI charges in Texas on Friday - her 62nd birthday
He also said she refused a breath test, according to the Weatherford Democrat.
Heiress: Alice Walton Walton is worth about $21 billion and is the ninth richest person in America, according to Forbes
She was booked into jail at 11pm and released on $1,000 bond on Saturday at 8am.
A statement from a family spokesman said: 'Ms Walton was pulled over by a patrolman with the Department of Public Safety for driving 71 mph in an unattended 55 mph construction zone.
'She was returning home from a birthday dinner with friends at a Fort Worth restaurant. She accepts full responsibility for this unfortunate incident and deeply regrets it.'
The paper also reported that the DUI arrest is not Walton’s first.
According to information from the Springdale District Court in Arkansas, Walton was convicted of driving under the influence in a 1998 case.
According to the UK's Independent, she hit a gas meter and told the responding police officer: 'I'm Alice Walton, bitch!'
She paid a several hundred dollar fine in that case, according to other news reports and served no jail time.
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No previous conviction showed up on her criminal history so Walton was charged Friday with a first offence DWI, according to Rozzell.
Family fortune: Alice is one of the heirs to the Walmart throne
Report: The Parker County sheriff Records for the arrest
Previous news accounts state Walton was also involved in a 1989 wreck in Arkansas that resulted in the death of a 50-year-old woman.
No charges were filed at that time.
Walton is worth about $21 billion and is the ninth richest person in America, according to Forbes .
Walton purchased her first piece of art when she was about ten years old and this interest led to her spearheading the Walton Family Foundation's involvement in developing Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art.
She has spent over $300million building an American art museum in Arkansas, and the facilities alone cost over $100mllion.
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