Bruce Springsteen was arrested on driving while intoxicated and related charges at the Jersey Shore last fall, authorities said.
On Nov. 14, 2020, Springsteen was cited for DWI, reckless driving and consuming alcohol in a closed area at Sandy Hook, in the Gateway National Recreation Area at the northeast tip of Monmouth County.
“Springsteen was cooperative throughout the process,” Gateway spokesperson Brenda Ling said in a statement Wednesday.
TMZ was first to report the arrest. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer, a Freehold native and Colts Neck resident, is due for a court appearance in the next few weeks, the website said. Criminal charges at New Jersey federal parks are typically heard in Federal Court in Newark.
A spokesperson for Springsteen did not respond to a request for comment Wednesday morning.
The news comes after Springsteen, 71, made headlines this past weekend as he appeared in a two-minute Super Bowl commercial for Jeep, the first such product endorsement of his career.
Unlike many rock stars, Springsteen does not have a history of public intoxication. In fact, he avoided alcohol as a young man, not having his first drink until he was 22. As he wrote in his 2016 autobiography “Born to Run,” “My experience with my father had been enough,” referencing his father, Douglas Springsteen, and his struggles with alcoholism.
“The terrifying, all-engulfing presence he became when he drank convinced me to never go there. He lost who he was.”
Springsteen is very familiar with Sandy Hook, having used its beaches as backdrops for several music and film projects, most notably the album cover for 1987′s “Tunnel of Love.” The music video for from the album’s hit single “Brilliant Disguise” was shot in the kitchen of an abandoned house on Sandy Hook’s Fort Hancock property. His 2014 short film “Hunter of Invisible Game” was also filmed there.
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