Actress Can Avoid Jail by Talking With Teens

Television actress Shannen Doherty will avoid jail time for a Dec. 28 drunk driving arrest if she performs community service by lecturing teenagers about the dangers of driving while intoxicated.

Doherty, who was not at the hearing, was ordered to serve 48 hours of jail time or participate in six days of a work release program, which includes projects such as picking up freeway trash. But Doherty can put off both those punishments if she agrees to appear at Mothers Against Drunk Driving events and speak to young people at the Thousand Oaks Teen Center.

Doherty was pulled over by the California Highway Patrol in Thousand Oaks.