FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2011 file photo, Christina Aguilera, right, arrives with Matthew Rutler for the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills,...
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FILE - In this Jan. 16, 2011 file photo, Christina Aguilera, right, arrives with Matthew Rutler for the Golden Globe Awards in Beverly Hills, Calif. Aguilera was arrested early Tuesday, March 1, 2011 near the Sunset Strip on suspicion of being drunk in public but will not be prosecuted, authorities said. The driver, Matthew Rutler, 25, was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence and jailed on $5,000 bail, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.
WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — Fresh from a stumble at the Grammys and muffing the national anthem at the Super Bowl, singer Christina Aguilera was arrested early Tuesday near the Sunset Strip on suspicion of being drunk in public but will not be prosecuted, authorities said.
Aguilera, 30, was "extremely intoxicated" when a car driven by her boyfriend was stopped at about 2:45 a.m. on Clark Street, Los Angeles County sheriff's Deputy Bill McSweeney said.
Sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said Aguilera "didn't really understand where she was" but was cooperative.
"She was not belligerent in any way whatsoever," Whitmore said.
Deputies saw the Mustang "burn rubber" and fishtail onto a street, he said.
The noise could be heard 100 feet away and constituted an "exhibition of speed" that prompted deputies to immediately stop the car, Whitmore said.
They smelled alcohol on the breath of 25-year-old Matthew Rutler, and a field sobriety test found him to have a blood-alcohol level of 0.09 percent, Whitmore said.
In California, a driver is legally under the influence at or above 0.08 percent.
The car was stopped just off the Sunset Strip, not far from such famous nightspots as Whiskey A Go-Go and the Viper Room.
Rutler was arrested on suspicion of DUI and later released on $5,000 bail. Sheriff's officials didn't know if Rutler had hired an attorney, and no phone listing for him could be found.

I KNEW IT!!!! THIS EXPLAINS THE SUPER BOWL FIASCO. YOU LOOKED UNDER THE INFLUENCE THAT NIGHT AS WELL. GIRL, YOU KNOW YOU NEED TO GET SOME HELP OR AT LEAST KEEP YOUR DRINKING PRIVATE.