Kim Mathers, the ex-wife of rapper Eminem, has pleaded no contest to charges of impaired driving and failing to stop after a collision. The 51-year-old entered the plea in a Michigan court on Monday, accepting conviction without formally admitting guilt.
The charges arise from a crash on 16 February in Mount Clemens, Michigan. Mathers was driving a white Range Rover when she allegedly struck a parked silver Dodge Ram pickup truck, pushing it 50 feet from its original position. Police reported that she was impaired at the time.
Macomb County Prosecutor Peter Lucido said in a statement: 'Driving under the influence is not a lapse in judgment—it is a deliberate decision that puts every person on the road at risk.' The offences carry maximum penalties of 93 days and 90 days in jail respectively. Mathers is scheduled for sentencing in June.
According to the police report, Mathers told officers she had consumed two margaritas at a Chili's restaurant before the incident. Her son Parker and three of his friends were in the vehicle at the time. Parker is Mathers' child from a relationship after her divorce from Eminem.
This is not her first drink-driving offence. In 2015 she pleaded no contest to a DUI after crashing into a utility pole, and in 2003 she faced drug and driving charges. She has two children with Eminem, including daughter Hailie Jade.
