Wife Of Daimler's Zetsche Faces Drinking Charges

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    Wife Of Daimler's Zetsche Faces Drinking Charges
    Greg Levine, 08.04.05, 4:52 PM ET

    NEW YORK - As master of a transatlantic corporation, Dieter Zetsche
    expected to battle Ford Motor, General Motors and navigate the tangles
    of American law. But the incoming chief executive of DaimlerChrysler
    likely didn't envision those tangles involving the police--or imagine
    his wife being charged.

    Gisela Zetsche, 54, was called to court after being charged in what
    cops say was a party lousy (lousy?) with underage drinkers. According
    to a police report, law enforcers in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield
    Township, Mich., cited complaints called in late June 18: complaints
    of noise, drinking and people throwing things at passing vehicles from
    the Zetsche home.

    According to The Associated Press, the police report said that Frau
    Zetsche claimed she merely bought beer for the 19th birthday party of
    a young man who was living with the family for the summer. But the
    bulls said they found some 100 people at the party; many ran away, but
    officers stopped about 30 of them and found ten more hiding in
    closets. In total, 20 underage drinkers were ticketed.

    Police found two beer kegs--one already a "fallen soldier"--as well as
    margarita mix and six empty liquor bottles. Mrs. Zetsche had been
    slated to appear in court Thursday, but that hearing was adjourned
    until Sept. 13. She faces a $500 fine if convicted of the charge of
    having an open house party. Her attorney did not return calls from
    the AP seeking comment.

    Dieter Zetsche has been credited with turning around the U.S. arm of
    the firm. Last month, he was named to replace Juergen Schrempp as the
    CEO of Earth's No. 5 automaker (Earth's ? Why not "the Galaxy's" ?).
    So, with the future and the tabloids in mind, he can be gratified that
    that none of the charges or the tickets given out had the initials
    DWI.
     
    MoPar Man, Aug 5, 2005
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