Jack Tweed is scheduled to appear before magistrates on Monday after being charged with drug-driving, with prosecutors alleging he was found almost three times over the legal limit for cannabis.
Alleged offence near Chelmsford
According to court records, Tweed, 39, faces a single count of "driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit." It is alleged he was behind the wheel of a Volkswagen Golf when police stopped him near Chelmsford, Essex, on 6 December last year.
The former reality TV star is understood to have been charged by post in March. An initial court hearing scheduled for May was later adjourned until this week.
Police confirm charge
An Essex Police spokesperson confirmed the charge ahead of the court appearance, telling the Mirror: “A man is due to appear in court on Monday 3 August charged with a drug driving offence.
“Jack Tweed, 39, of Rous Road, Buckhurst Hill, was arrested on Three Mile Hill, Chelmsford on 6 December 2025. He was later charged with driving a motor vehicle with a proportion of a specified controlled drug above the specified limit.”
If convicted, Tweed could face up to six months in prison and a mandatory driving ban of at least 12 months.
Background
Tweed first came to public attention through his relationship with Big Brother star Jade Goody, whom he met in 2005 after her relationship with TV presenter Jeff Brazier, the father of her two sons, Bobby and Freddy, came to an end. The couple appeared together on Celebrity Big Brother in 2007 with Goody's mother Jackiey Budden.
Although they briefly split in 2008 while Goody was appearing on the Indian version of the show, Bigg Boss, they later reconciled. Jack and Jade married in an emotional ceremony in Hatfield Heath, Essex, in February 2009, just weeks before she died from cervical cancer at the age of 27.
