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Prosecutors in Los Angeles are considering bringing criminal charges against the American Idol judge for an alleged hit-and-run freeway accident last December, city attorney's spokesman Frank Mateljan tells the Associated Press.
According to Mateljan, on Dec. 20, 2004, a Mercedes-Benz belonging to Abdul clipped another vehicle on the 101 Freeway in the San Fernando Valley. The driver apparently failed to look while changing lanes and did not stop to exchange information, he said.
There were no injuries. The driver and passenger in the clipped car took down the Mercedes' license plate number and photographed it with a cell phone camera, Mateljan said.
Celebrity Justice reports that the driver of the other car called the California Highway Patrol on Dec. 21, and the CHP contacted Abdul – who said her car was in the shop on the day in question.
But both the CHP and CJ learned that the car went in for service the day after the alleged incident.
Abdul, 42, is out of the country and not available for comment, said her publicist, Stephanie Sher. Reports say that Abdul is in Malaysia.
