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FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. — <\/span>Actor and comedian Tiffany Haddish<\/a> avoided additional jail time Tuesday when she pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor alcohol-related driving charge that stemmed from her 2022 arrest<\/a> in Georgia after someone called 911 about a driver asleep at the wheel at a traffic light.<\/p>\n Other charges were dropped. After entering the plea by video, Haddish was placed on 12 months’ probation and told to avoid drugs and alcohol and complete a substance abuse evaluation. She was credited for the brief time she spent in jail following her arrest.<\/p>\n Haddish\u2019s films include the comedy \u201cGirls Trip,\u201d \u201cNight School,\u201d \u201cLike a Boss\u201d and \u201cThe Kitchen.\u201d She wrote the New York Times best seller \u201cThe Last Black Unicorn,\u201d which earned a Grammy nomination. In 2018, Haddish won an Emmy for her appearance on \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d and a Grammy in 2021 for her special \u201cBlack Mitzvah.\u201d<\/p>\n At around 2:30 a.m. on Jan. 14, 2022, someone called 911 to report seeing a person who appeared to be asleep in the driver’s seat of a white Ford Explorer with their foot on the brake in Peachtree City, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Atlanta, according to a court filing. An officer spotted an SUV that matched the description given by the caller and stopped Haddish as she pulled into a neighborhood, according to a police report.<\/p>\n Haddish’s lawyers in May asked a judge to dismiss the case, arguing that waiting more than four years for the case to be resolved had caused personal and professional difficulties and violated her right to a speedy trial. Fayette County State Court Judge Jason Thompson rejected her arguments.<\/p>\n The judge found that Haddish and her attorneys had requested some of the delays, including a request for a delay so she could attend a fashion show in Morocco and a request to leave a hearing early to catch a flight. He wrote that she also did not show any evidence of having missed specific performing opportunities or of actual financial harm because of the delay.<\/p>\n Haddish also was arrested in November 2023<\/a> in Beverly Hills, California, on suspicion of driving under the influence after police received a call and said Haddish appeared to be slumped over the wheel of a vehicle while the engine was still running. <\/p>\n Haddish reached a plea deal with prosecutors in that case in February 2024, pleading no contest to a vehicle code violation, and the two misdemeanor DUI charges against her were dropped, according to the Los Angeles Times<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n