Former 'Lost' star Michelle Rodriguez has begun her 180-day jail term in Los Angeles for violating her probation on drink driving and hit-and-run offences.
Reuters reports that the actress registered with the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, south of Los Angeles, on Sunday, under her first name Mayte. Michelle is the star's middle name.
In October, Los Angeles County Superior Court judge Daviann Mitchell sentenced Rodriguez to jail after the 29-year-old actress admitted failing to complete community service obligations.
Rodriguez was also found to have taken alcohol on at least three occasions while wearing a monitoring bracelet; this violated her probation requirement to refrain from drinking for 90 days.
She must also complete her 30 days of service for California's transportation department.
The judge specified that Rodriguez not be granted work furlough, early release or home confinement.
Rodriguez's probation violation arose from a 2004 case in which she pleaded no contest to three traffic offences in Los Angeles, including hit-and-run and drink driving.
She received a 60-day jail sentence for a probation violation in May 2006 but was released after four hours and 20 minutes due to overcrowding.
Rodriguez was also sentenced to five days in jail in Hawaii in 2006 in another drink driving case; at the time she chose jail after refusing the judge's offer of community service.
