Opinion divided on Brockovich legacy

The iconic litigator, Erin Brockovich, was recently arrested for drunkenly handling a boat. Eliza Shapiro reports on the unglamorous trouble behind her

THE last time most of us heard about legal crusader Erin Brockovich, she was being glamorously portrayed by Julia Roberts in an Academy Award–winning film.

Thirteen years later, she’s a household name again — for drunkenly driving a boat around a Nevada lake, an act that earned her a DUI citation and a very unflattering mug shot.