Rourke arrested for driving scooter drunk

ACTOR Mickey Rourke was arrested on Thursday in Miami Beach after police said he was driving a new Vespa scooter down the road while drunk.

The actor and former boxer was booked into the Miami-Dade Pre-trial Detention Centre in Miami and is being held on $1,000 (€680) bond.

According to a police report, authorities said they observed Rourke, 53, driving a green 2007 Vespa scooter erratically down Washington Avenue in Miami Beach on Thursday.