Vince Neil’s jail tale

Vince Neil has offered contradictory explanations for his recent drink-driving conviction. Neil was freed from Clark County jail after serving 10 days of a 15-day term following his arrest in June last year. He’s currently serving a further 15 days of house arrest, making a total sentence of 30 days, and paid a $585 fine.

In a sit-down interview with girlfriend and TV presenter Alicia Jacobs, the Motley Crue singer says he didn’t buy his way out of jail, after admitting he did – then says his sentence wasn’t harsh, after last week he said it was.

Neil says: “I paid my debt to society 27 years ago. I did my time and paid an enormous amount of money: two and a half million. But I would have gone to prison if I didn’t, so that’s what I did. Most people would have got two days time served and a $500 fine, so they’d never do any jail time. I got 30 days, and I think that was based on what happened 27 years ago. I didn’t do a lot of time then.”

He says: “In 1984 I was 23 years old, and now I just turned 50. I was a kid and all of a sudden I had a lot of money and fame, and I let it go to my head. This time I just made a mistake.”

But Neil does seem to be convinced he’s learned his lesson this time, and there won’t be a repeat performance. He says: “It’s not going to happen again. Absolutely not.

“I made the mistake of getting behind the wheel after having some cocktails. It was so easy for me not to do it – I was at a hotel, I had access to limousines, I had access to rooms. But for some reason I decided to drive home, and that was the wrong thing to do.”