SIBLING SCANDAL FOR REESE

Here's an odd art-imitates-life parallel for Reese Witherspoon: In Sweet Home Alabama, she plays a celeb who's embarrassed by her trashy roots. Cut to her real-life hometown of Nashville, Tenn., where the New York Post reports that brother John Witherspoon has been charged with sexual assault. The 29-year-old allegedly snuck into a female neighbor's home, began molesting her as she lay asleep on her couch, then fled the scene. He has also been pulled over for drunk driving this year.

TV GuideNews Oct. 10, 2002 at 1:00 a.m. PT