Paris Hilton's Beau Cy Waits To Fight Pot Charges
Feb. 17 2011, Published 7:23 a.m. ET
Cy Waits has a date -- and it's not with Paris Hilton.
Waits -- who is romantically involved with the socialite/reality TV star -- has been granted a August 22 preliminary hearing date to fight criminal charges related to his arrest last summer in Las Vegas, Breaking Celebrity News has learned.
His attorney, Richard Schonfeld, told a judge in Las Vegas on Thursday that he intends to challenge the constitutionality of Waits' felony charge of being under the influence of marijuana.
Waits, 35, was not required to appear at the hearing, and he did not.
As we previously reported, on August 26, 2010, authorities in Vegas pulled over a Cadillac SUV being driven by Waits, claiming to smell marijuana coming from it; Hilton was a passenger in the car.
Waits was subsequently arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs, as was Hilton, after police said they found cocaine in the socialite's designer purse.