Amanda Bynes pleads no contest in DUI case

Actress Amanda Bynes has been sentenced to three years probation and must attend alcohol education classes after pleading no contest to reckless driving.

US actress Amanda Bynes

US actress Amanda Bynes has pleaded no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving in Los Angeles. (AAP)

Actress Amanda Bynes has pleaded no contest to alcohol-related reckless driving after she clipped a Los Angeles County sheriff's patrol car.

District attorney's spokeswoman Jane Robison says Bynes entered the plea on Monday through her lawyer.

The former teen star was sentenced to three years of probation and three months of attending alcohol education classes.

Bynes was arrested in April of 2012 on suspicion of drunk driving after the cruiser was hit in West Hollywood.

The 27-year-old actress is already on probation for driving with a suspended license. She received psychiatric treatment last year after authorities said she started a fire in the driveway of a Ventura County home.

Bynes also was ordered to get counselling after she allegedly threw a bong out of a Manhattan window last year.


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