16. After dating Jake GyllenhaalWitherspoon meets her current husband, talent agent CAA Jim Toth, at a party in early 2010 where he came to her rescue. “This drunk guy hit me, made a fool of himself and yelled at me,” she said Elle in 2012. “He was like, [slurring, scowling, pointing finger in her face] ‘You do not know me.’ And I said, ‘Yes, I know. I do not know you! ‘ Jim came and said, ‘Excuse my friend. He just broke up with someone. ‘ Jim was a really good friend who pulled him out of that situation. That’s just who he is, a really nice person. “They tied the knot at her ranch in Ojai, Calif., in March 2011 and welcomed their son, Tennessee in September 2012.
17. In 2013, Witherspoon and Toth were pulled over by the Atlanta PD while Toth was weaving in and out of the lane. When officers arrested her husband for DUI, she allegedly became enraged and began to act, allegedly asking the officers, “Do you know my name?” When they replied that they didn’t have to, she is said to have replied, “You’re about to find out who I am.” She was arrested for disorderly conduct, then did not beg any contest to interfere.
“Out of respect for the ongoing legal situation, I cannot comment on everything that is being reported right now. But I want to say that I drank too much and I am deeply ashamed of what I have said. “, she said in the report. “It was certainly a scary situation and I panicked for my husband, but that’s no excuse. I was disrespectful to the officer on duty. The words I used the night. That certainly doesn’t reflect who I am. It’s nothing but respect for the police and I’m very sorry for my behavior.”
