LifestyleNZ HeraldMovie star Cliff Curtis has new drink driving crash charge added at Auckland court
Actor Cliff Curtis faces a more serious drink-driving charge after a crash in Auckland left a taxi driver with broken ribs, a broken collarbone and other serious injuries.
Hollywood blockbuster actor Cliff Curtis is believed by authorities to have had more than one-and-a-half times the legal limit for alcohol in his system when...
Police upgraded the charge against Cliff Curtis to drink driving causing injury, which carries up to five years in prison and a $20,000 fine.
Curtis allegedly had 122mg of alcohol per 100ml of blood, well above the 80mg criminal threshold, when his Tesla hit a parked taxi at 10.30pm.
The taxi driver, who suffered eight broken ribs and a fractured hip, is on two months bed rest and unable to work, while Curtis has apologised publicly.
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