Wife Of Daimler's Zetsche Faces Drinking Charges

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Wife Of Daimler's Zetsche Faces Drinking Charges
Greg Levine, 08.04.05, 4:52 PM ET

NEW YORK - As master of a transatlantic corporation, Dieter Zetsche
expected to battle Ford Motor, General Motors and navigate the tangles
of American law. But the incoming chief executive of DaimlerChrysler
likely didn't envision those tangles involving the police--or imagine
his wife being charged.

Gisela Zetsche, 54, was called to court after being charged in what
cops say was a party lousy (lousy?) with underage drinkers. According
to a police report, law enforcers in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield
Township, Mich., cited complaints called in late June 18: complaints
of noise, drinking and people throwing things at passing vehicles from
the Zetsche home.

According to The Associated Press, the police report said that Frau
Zetsche claimed she merely bought beer for the 19th birthday party of
a young man who was living with the family for the summer. But the
bulls said they found some 100 people at the party; many ran away, but
officers stopped about 30 of them and found ten more hiding in
closets. In total, 20 underage drinkers were ticketed.

Police found two beer kegs--one already a "fallen soldier"--as well as
margarita mix and six empty liquor bottles. Mrs. Zetsche had been
slated to appear in court Thursday, but that hearing was adjourned
until Sept. 13. She faces a $500 fine if convicted of the charge of
having an open house party. Her attorney did not return calls from
the AP seeking comment.

Dieter Zetsche has been credited with turning around the U.S. arm of
the firm. Last month, he was named to replace Juergen Schrempp as the
CEO of Earth's No. 5 automaker (Earth's ? Why not "the Galaxy's" ?).
So, with the future and the tabloids in mind, he can be gratified that
that none of the charges or the tickets given out had the initials
DWI.