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Judge gives Noelle Bush Second Chance in Drug Rehab Program Because
She's<br>
"INTELLIGENT"....?!?<br><br>
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<b>Gov. Bush's Daughter Leaves Jail<br>
</b>Fri Jul 19, 5:24 PM ET<br>
By MIKE SCHNEIDER, Associated Press Writer<br><br>
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Noelle Bush, Gov. Jeb Bush's 24-year-old daughter,
was<br>
released from jail and allowed to return to a drug rehab center Friday,
two<br>
days after being locked up for allegedly taking prescription pills from
a<br>
nurse's cabinet.<br><br>
"I would not allow you to go back to the facility if I didn't think
you<br>
could do the program," Circuit Judge Reginald Whitehead said in
giving the<br>
president's niece a second chance in rehab.<br><br>
"You're very intelligent, you have the support there. You just need
to work<br>
on the decisions that you're making, and I know that you can do
it."<br><br>
Bush, accompanied by her brother, George P. Bush, and her attorney,
said<br>
nothing in her defense during the two-minute hearing.<br><br>
"She's definitely remorseful with what happened," George P.
Bush said<br>
afterward. "She recognizes her errors, that she's not perfect and
that she<br>
made a mistake."<br><br>
Bush was jailed Wednesday for contempt of court for violating the terms
of<br>
her court-ordered drug treatment program. She was accused of taking<br>
prescription pills from a cabinet in a nurse's office at the rehab
center<br>
where she was being treated.<br><br>
Whitehead sent Bush to jail for three days. Jail spokesman Allen Moore
said<br>
any part of a day was counted as an entire day.<br><br>
Bush's lawyer, Pete Antonacci, said she tested negative for having taken
the<br>
pills. He said he did not know what kind of pills they were.<br><br>
Bush was arrested in January at a pharmacy drive-through window
after<br>
allegedly trying to buy the anti-anxiety drug Xanax with a
fraudulent<br>
prescription. She was admitted to the treatment center a month later,
with<br>
the possibility charges would be dropped if she completed the
program.<br><br>
The governor was allowed to visit his daughter in jail for several
minutes<br>
Wednesday, even though visits are usually limited to weekends.<br><br>
"She realized there are consequences to her actions and that she has
to pay<br>
a price," he said. "I respect the judge's decision."<br>
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