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The L.A. District Attorney has on Tuesday, February 26 officially charged Mischa Barton with four misdemeanor criminal counts related to her DUI arrest back in December last year. The four charges that the movie beauty is facing are driving under the influence, driving with a blood alcohol level of .08|percent| or higher, driving without a license and possession of marijuana (under an ounce).

Mischa, best known for her starring role as Marissa Cooper in TV series "The O.C." (2003), was pulled over around 2:45 A.M. on December 27, when she was driving on La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood, California. She was stopped by the authorities after they saw her car straddling two lanes of traffic and failing to signal for a turn.

Mischa, according to the authorities, spent about seven hours behind the bars of West Hollywood jail before being released later that morning on 10,000 dollars bail, being picked up by her mother using a black Mercedes.

Broke her silence on the arrest, Mischa spoke to Ryan Seacrest during his L.A. radio show on January 10, telling him she "obviously 100 percent responsible" for her actions in her DUI arrest. "I'm really disappointed in myself. I don't know what to say about it except I'm not perfect. I just don't ever intend to do something this stupid again," so she said at that time.

Mischa's arraignment is scheduled for Thursday, February 28 in Beverly Hills Superior Court.