Lauren LaRosa (2:30)
Hey, y', all, what's up? It's Lauren LaRosa. And this is the latest with Lauren LaRosa. This you did daily dig on all things pop culture, entertainment news, and all of the conversations that shake the room, baby. Now today we're going to go behind the scenes of the grind. Back on the grind. Behind the scenes of the grind. Our little check in that we do here. It's been a minute since we've done it in full, but when we check in behind the scenes of the grind. It's really just a, a time to like sit still and be like, how am I really feeling today, this week, this month? What's really going on with me? I just came back from Norfolk State University, Norfolk. They say that I say it wrong. Hampton. It was my first time at Hampton University as well, which is a school that Envy graduated from. So he took me over to Hampton there like maybe 45 minutes apart, if even that, and I was home in Delaware. You guys heard the conversation in the episode prior to this one or watch and. Or if you have not, please go and find it. With my church, Seeds of Greatness. I was in conversation with Tim Ross, who is an amazing spiritual leader, podcaster, thought provoker, and Noah Mills, former Miss Delaware 2023. But also a huge, not even just, I would say like advocate, but not even just an advocate, but a huge action based professional in the mental health space because she does so much on a daily working with in the corporate arena to make sure that businesses and corporates and brands have adequate mental health support because of, you know, just her life passion. Some things she's been through in her life as well. Conversation was great. So I've been all over the world and back. I think last night was the first night I actually got some real sleep. And boy, does going to sleep early change your whole perspective on the world, life, everything. I woke up this morning still was like a little bit like, I don't want to get up, but once I got up and got going and got the day started, I felt the difference in my body between today in Monday morning. I think I'm just at that age where when I don't get a lot of sleep, I feel it like in the way I think, the way I'm able to communicate the way I think through my attention span, which is already horrible, my attention span, but it's just better. So in noticing that, you know, I really want to try and prioritize my sleep. Don't know if it'll be possible. I was just saying that today to Charlemagne actually, like it's no way in this industry for what I do, you get good sleep. Like it's just not possible. There's not enough hours in the day. So that's what's been kind of, you know, back and forth, ping pong in my mind is like, yo, I feel so amazing having went to sleep so early last night. But can I do that every day? Do I have enough time in life to do that every day? If y' all have good sleep regimens. And you can recommend anything of, like, how you're balanced in a very demanding work life and all the things. I know parents, y' all probably have the best advice here. I'm not a parent yet, but I don't know, man. I'll be feeling like I'm. I'm juggling a lot. Send the tips on over. I am more than open for them because I want to feel like this every single day. And mind y', all, today wasn't even, like a fully. I. I could have slept more. Like, today was, like, today was great, but I still felt like today, like, all right, girl, you could have did a couple more hours or whatever. But anyway, so we're here. We're well rested. I'm feel good. Travel was great. It's always fire. Every October is like that month where I'm at. Different schools have so many different things going on. Because the HBCU alumni tour that I do every year, this is my second year doing it just. God is good. I get to go to all these schools and see different people and experience different things. And we are ending. I'm ending the tour this week, actually. The Halloween eve will be, which is October 30, Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia, which is the Eagle Stadium. Delaware State University will be playing Norfolk State University. And I'm gonna be there, okay, Bringing you guys all the behind the scenes, you know, grabbing content from everywhere I can. So don't worry. I got y'. All. If you can't make it right here, the Latest with Lauren LaRosa will be taking you inside. Get in the game. I always wanted to say that. But anyway, speaking of sports. Real segue, but an important segue. Speaking of sports. Okay, so for those of you guys who do not know, Paul Pierce was recently taken into custody by police for suspicion of driving under the influence. That was 14 days ago. They say that when they arrested him, that there was signs that he was impaired. And this was following him falling asleep behind the wheel in his Range Rover. He was sitting in traffic on a highway in la, and he fell asleep behind the wheel of the car. Now, cops say that he had been on the highway. This was during the time of, like, a crash investigation. So he'd been sitting still for some time. And I don't know if you guys have ever driven in la, but you already are, especially if you're driving between a certain time. You're already sitting still for long, long periods of time, especially if you're driving through certain parts of la. So, like, the Valley is always horrible right near downtown. Honestly, it's bad all over, but certain parts, it gets worse than others. In certain days, in certain times. Now, he was driving at 11:35pm and again, LA is one of the places where randomly, at times, too, there can just be traffic. I used to be like, where is everybody going right now? Like, y' all don't work. Like, people in LA don't work. In my opinion, everybody's an influencer. Everybody is just creative and floating and. And going to Runyon and figuring out life. But everybody got somewhere to drive and be. Oh, you. When you need to get somewhere. So it's 11:35pm they reopened the highway and they discovered Paul Pierce's car. Now, again, they say that they noticed signs of alcohol impairment when they encountered him or, you know, once they. Now they're talking to him, they're at the car and all the things. So they conducted a DUI investigation. Then he was arrested on the suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol, a violation of California vehicle code, of course. And he was taken into a Central Los Angeles. Central Los Angeles area office. Now, he did comment on this situation. They have blood test results. So. So I'm going to tell you guys first what he commented before I give you what his blood test results from the DUI investigation were. So when he commented on the situation, Paul Pierce, he posted a photo to his Instagram and he said, imagine being stuck in standstill traffic for 45 minutes and falling asleep with the hand covering his face emoji. I took this picture that night because I'd never been in standstill traffic for this long. I'm old, I'm tired, and I fell asleep with the shrugging hands emoji. I'm good, y'. All. Thanks for the love. And the photo that he posted. Very much standstill traffic. Very much gives. You're sitting in LA traffic. But it makes even more sense if police are saying that they shut down the highway for a car crash investigation. Right? Because that's even more traffic. You're sitting still for even longer, all of the things. So he denied it. Now, this was back on April 9, right? So this week, police have updated documents, and according to those documents and court records, prosecutors are charging Paul Pierce with one count of driving under the influence of alcohol and one count of driving with a 0.08 blood alcohol content. Now, this is 14 days, right? So about two weeks after he was pulled over. Not pulled over, but because he was already sitting still. But after he had encountered police and they had taken him in for suspicion of the dui. Now, I looked it up in, in la, the blood alcohol content, like that, that number that, you know, if you're 21 and older, you're not supposed to hit is that point 08. So I started thinking like, okay, and I've reached out to Paul Pierce's, everybody I could find. I reached out to his agents, and I believe it was a manager. I'll verify that in a second. But I believe it was a manager. No one has responded yet. I'm going to try and find an attorney because when I look this up, I'm like, okay, if that's the number, what's the scale of you hit? I mean, once you hit that number, it becomes illegal. But is there. Because there was a note under the law that I read that said that it kind of depends on your impairment. I'm actually bring it up. So this is from the California dmv. When I was researching for the story, I just wanted to know, like, what all legal limits were. I didn't know if it varies state to state. Like, the blood alcohol concentration that you will hear people mentioning when they talk about the story is that number. When you consume alcohol and traces of it into your bloodstream, your blood alcohol content measures how much alcohol is present in your bloodstream. It is illegal for you to drive if you've had. If you have a blood alcohol level of 0.08 or higher if you are over 21 years old. Okay. It also says if you drive with an illegal blood alcohol content, a law enforcement officer can charge you with dui even if you're bac, or blood alcohol content is below legal limits. That does not mean it is safe for you to drive. Almost everyone feels negative effects of alcohol, even at levels lower than a legal limit. Depending on how badly you are impaired, you may be arrested or convicted for dui. Even without a blood alcohol content measurement. And there's a table of how many drinks you've consumed, your gender, your body weight, the reason why, like, when I was looking at this, I was like, okay, so I'm trying to think, what is his argument here? Like, if I'm Paul Pierce, what is your argument here? How do you argue? Because Your blood says 0.08. It's illegal at that point. Right. But do you try and argue anything to try and, like, lessen, I guess, like, legally how this hits you in court, or even if not how it hits you in court? Because I feel like even with Justin Timberlake, it doesn't matter how Many drinks you have and where people, where they test you, whatever. The law is the law. Right. But I think the fact that Paul Pierce came out and posted that statement, volunteering the statement and said, hey, I was just sleep. Like, thank y' all for checking in. I was just sleep. I'm old. Like, are they gonna try and argue this and what do they say? If so.
