{"id":158159,"date":"2025-06-04T18:23:13","date_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:23:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/158159\/"},"modified":"2025-06-04T18:23:13","modified_gmt":"2025-06-04T18:23:13","slug":"hugh-grant-still-haunted-by-sordid-brush-with-the-law-30-years-ago-as-lewd-incident-resurfaces-among-young-fans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/158159\/","title":{"rendered":"Hugh Grant still haunted by sordid brush with the law 30 years ago as &#8216;lewd&#8217; incident resurfaces among young fans"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Hugh Grant was arrested in 1995 for having sex in his car with a sex worker\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>He had to pay a fine and attend an AIDs education program as a punishment<\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"\"><strong>Fans were upset at his cheating as well as the disproportionate sentences\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-3681\/syeda-khaula-saad.html\" class=\"author\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SYEDA SAAD FOR DAILYMAIL.COM<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  11:33 EDT, 4 June 2025   |  Updated:  11:36 EDT, 4 June 2025   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/hugh-grant\/index.html\" id=\"mol-da083d40-4144-11f0-a6db-cfc9e4aa72a3\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Hugh Grant<\/a> is known for some of his iconic roles in classic romcoms like Notting Hill and Four Weddings and a Funeral (and his cameo in the horror movie Heretic).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But thanks to a recently resurfaced news article, many younger fans are only just learning about a brush with the law he had 30 years ago.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">One <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sciencetech\/reddit\/index.html\" id=\"mol-d3e8f060-4146-11f0-a6db-cfc9e4aa72a3\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a> user recently shared a picture of the front page of The Sun newspaper on June 28, 1995 which featured the headline, &#8216;HUGH AND HIS HOOKER.&#8217;\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Right as he was riding the high of his rising stardom thanks to Four Weddings and a Funeral, Grant was arrested for having sex in his car with Divine Brown who happened to be a sex worker.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Grant was caught on Sunset Strip in <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/los-angeles\/index.html\" id=\"mol-d3ec99e0-4146-11f0-a6db-cfc9e4aa72a3\" rel=\"noopener\">Los Angeles<\/a>, where he had met Brown (whose legal name is\u00a0Estella Marie Thompson) and paid $60 to have oral sex performed on him.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">At the time, he faced the possibility of six months in jail for &#8216;lewd conduct&#8217; in a public place.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Instead, he got away with just paying a $1,000 fine (which, in today&#8217;s terms would be a little over $2,000) and attending an AIDs education program.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Brown, on the other hand, was sentenced to 180 days in prison, as she had violated her parole for previous prostitution charges.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-df077917be98c5c4\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99034861-14779809-Hugh_Grant_was_arrested_in_1995_for_having_sex_in_his_car_with_a-a-170_17490491097.jpeg\" height=\"865\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Hugh Grant was arrested in 1995 for having sex in his car with a sex worker\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Hugh Grant was arrested in 1995 for having sex in his car with a sex worker<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1d8261cdacd03fa1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99034863-14779809-Divine_Brown_the_sex_worker_who_Grant_was_caught_with_had_to_fac-a-169_17490491096.jpeg\" height=\"858\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Divine Brown, the sex worker who Grant was caught with, had to face 180 days in jail while Grant had to pay a fine and attend an AIDs education program\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Divine Brown, the sex worker who Grant was caught with, had to face 180 days in jail while Grant had to pay a fine and attend an AIDs education program<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">After making headlines, Grant &#8211; who was linked to long term girlfriend Elizabeth Hurley at the time &#8211; released a statement the day after getting arrested.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Last night I did something completely insane,&#8217; he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I have hurt people I love and embarrassed people I work with.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;For both things I am more sorry than I can ever possibly say.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">But even 30 years later, some Hurley fans can&#8217;t believe Grant was unfaithful to her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;He was dating Elizabeth Hurley&#8230; some people are never satisfied with what they have,&#8217; one user said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;How could you do that to Elizabeth Hurley,&#8217; another wrote followed by a sad face.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Other Redditors seemed more concerned with the disproportionate sentences that he and Brown received.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-96730b07f8cf1f0a\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99034865-14779809-Grant_has_starred_in_popular_movies_including_Notting_Hill_Four_-a-172_17490507037.jpeg\" height=\"961\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Grant has starred in popular movies including Notting Hill, Four Weddings and a Funeral, and Heretic\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>  <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">After the incident, Grant released a statement saying he did something &#8216;completely insane&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-cfa302bb04661de1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99036701-14779809-image-a-92_1749044619002.jpg\" height=\"82\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-66bdfe7521ccc6ff\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99036699-14779809-image-m-94_1749044634024.jpg\" height=\"131\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-6d2307bb51c7a679\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99036709-14779809-image-a-95_1749044699414.jpg\" height=\"128\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-c3ef97f98bf0d820\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99036705-14779809-image-a-15_1749048920245.jpg\" height=\"72\" width=\"634\" alt=\"\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>      <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-93d698e41bf996c7\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/99036703-14779809-Other_Reddit_users_expressed_their_anger_over_the_disproportiona-m-173_17490507153.jpeg\" height=\"77\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Other Reddit users expressed their anger over the disproportionate punishments Grant and Brown received for the act\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Other Reddit users expressed their anger over the disproportionate punishments Grant and Brown received for the act<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The double standard in that sentencing is insane,&#8217; one Redditor commented.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The f**k, I never knew she spent time in jail for this,&#8217; another said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;I shouldn&#8217;t be surprised I guess at how unfair she was treated.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;This is whyyyyy we need [decriminalization]. Complete insanity for her to be in prison for SIX MONTHS,&#8217; another user shared.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Hugh Grant still haunted by sordid brush with the law 30 years ago as &#8216;lewd&#8217; incident resurfaces among young fans<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hugh Grant was arrested in 1995 for having sex in his car with a sex worker\u00a0 He had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158160,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3940],"tags":[4080,92,29986,77,368,1995,556,2511,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-158159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-celebrities","8":"tag-celebrities","9":"tag-dailymail","10":"tag-elizabeth-hurley","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-femail","13":"tag-hugh-grant","14":"tag-los-angeles","15":"tag-reddit","16":"tag-uk","17":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114626495191367995","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}