NAMES IN THE NEWS : Carne Fined $250 for Contempt
Actress Judy Carne, who delivered the slapstick straight line “Sock it to me” on “Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In,” pleaded guilty to a contempt of court charge and was fined $250.
A prescription forgery charge was dismissed in the court action Monday.
Both charges date to 1979, when Carne was accused of heroin possession and prescription forgery while appearing at a Cincinnati-area dinner theater.
She was acquitted of heroin possession but the jury could not reach a verdict on the prescription forgery charge.
The contempt charge was filed when Carne failed to appear for her forgery retrial.
Carne, who divides her time in England and the United States, faced renewed prosecution after a routine computer check by customs agents at a New York airport May 19 revealed the warrant.
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