GUS VAN SANT - MOVIEMAKER VAN SANT TO UNDERGO ALCOHOL TREATMENT

LATEST: Moviemaker GUS VAN SANT has agreed to enter an alcohol diversion programme in a bid to keep his driving license after getting arrested on drink driving charges in December (06). The GOOD WILL HUNTING director was more than double Oregon's legal alcohol limit when the vehicle he was driving through Portland was pulled over by police on 21 December (06). Under the terms of his alcohol treatment, Van Sant will have to undergo an evaluation and education or rehabilitation programme for one year. Van Sant pleaded no contest to the drink driving charges, but his DUI conviction will be dismissed if he completes the alcohol programme.