Mary Ann Accused of Liking Mary Jane
For crying out loud, couldn’t someone have given Dawn Wells a ride home from her surprise 69th birthday? The media has accused the beloved sitcom actress of more than she was convicted of. All charges against her, except reckless driving, were dropped.
She looks great for 69, obviously has good friends and enough cash for a good lawyer, so I think Ms Wells is still a role model, even tho the Girl Scouts asked her not to lecture at a recent event where she was scheduled to appear.
Miss Wells is best known as Mary Ann, the sweet country girl in hot pants on Gilligan’s Island. I always thought Miss Wells aged and lived gracefully in the shadow of the typecast spot light. Since Bob Denver also had dealings with the law about marijuana, its not a big leap to imagine the Castaways passing more than the time on the sandy shores of the back lot.
Gilligan’s Island star Dawn Wells caught with drugs
March 13, 2008 12:00am | www.news.com.au/heraldsun/
DAWN Wells, who played Mary Ann on Gilligan’s Island, has been caught with marijuana in her car, after being stopped on the way home from her surprise birthday party.
The giggling castaway of the 1960s TV comedy was picked up swerving and repeatedly speeding up and slowing down as she drove home from her surprise 69th birthday party in Idaho.
When the officer who pulled her over asked about a marijuana smell, Wells said she’d just given a ride to three hitchhikers and had dropped them off when they began smoking something.
The officer found half-smoked joints and two small cases used to store marijuana.
Her lawyer said a friend testified he’d left a small amount of marijuana in the car and Wells was unaware of it.
He said Wells was swerving on the road because she was trying to find the heater in her new car.
Under a plea agreement, she pleaded guilty to reckless driving.
Charges of driving under the influence, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of a controlled substance were dropped.
Wells served five days in jail, was fined about $400 and put on probation for six months.