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Nicole Richie Not in Rehab
Wednesday May 23, 2007

Nicole Richie on May 12, 2007 in Los Angeles.
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Nicole Richie’s rep is denying reports that the Simple Life star has entered a rehabilitative treatment center.

"She is not in rehab,” the rep tells Usmagazine.com. “She is at home in Glendale. Sobriety is an ongoing process but she is sober."

Last December, Richie, 25, was arrested and later charged with a DUI after she was found driving the wrong way down a California highway.

In 2002, Richie was given three years probation for a DUI conviction and had her license suspended for one year. Six months later, she was arrested for possession of heroin and for driving with a suspended license.

The incident prompted Richie to enter a drug-diversion program.

"I was like a trash can—I took everything," she later explained on The Oprah Winfrey Show.

She told the talk show host that her downward spiral into drug abuse was prompted by her parents’ divorce."I was definitely trying to mask hurt, abandonment," she said. "I had no idea I was feeling this way."

Richie’s rep confirms that the reality star continues to visit her therapist at the center where she was originally treated for her addiction.

She is due in court on June 8 for a pretrial hearing regarding last year's DUI.

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