Amanda Bynes, the actress and former Nickelodeon star, was arrested for Dui on Friday (April 6, 2012) with the possible reasons for the incident beginning to emerge. Despite Amanda's father insisting the actress was not drinking at the time, a source tells People magazine, "This Dui was definitely just a serious lapse in judgment".
Bynes rose to fame in a series of teen comedies including What I Love About You (2002), She's The Man (2006) and Hairspray (2007), and despite a turn in the well-received Easy A in 2010, her career has begun to falter. The insider said of the actress, "She hit a wall personally and professionally [in 2008] ... I think she's been a little lost since then". Amanda dated Doug Reinhardt in 2009 and was briefly linked to Liam Hemsworth, who eventually struck up a relationship with Miley Cyrus. According to her father Rick, Amanda does not drink and was only held in prison because "she was upset and very emotional". A source who spotted Amanda at the Standard Hotel in West Hollywood shortly before her arrest said she had been drinking alcohol but "never seemed drunk". However, Bynes first drove to Greystone Manor and was arrested after leaving there.
The actress, who reversed her decision to retire from the entertainment business in 2010, was held overnight at the West Hollywood Sheriff's Department station.