CHESTERFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. – Body camera footage released by Chesterfield Township police captured the moments following a car crash and the field sobriety tests that led to the arrest of Kimberly Anne Mathers on suspicion of drunken driving.
Mathers, 51, of Chesterfield, is the ex-wife of rapper Eminem.
She was arrested on Thursday, May 14, booked into the Macomb County Jail, and later released.
In the video, an officer approaches Mathers after the crash and asks whether anyone was hurt.
“No,” Mathers responds, before explaining what she said caused the crash.
“When I came around the corner, there was a truck coming high beam at me, and I tried to put my high beams on; this is a new car, and I couldn’t see it, and I swerved out of the way of it, and I clipped a (expletive) parked car,” Mathers told police.
The officer then asks whether she had been drinking.
“You’re slurring really bad,” the officer says in the video.
Mathers acknowledged she had been drinking earlier in the day but said it was not recent.
“I did drink earlier but not recently,” Mathers said.
Field sobriety tests conducted roadside
Police conducted field sobriety testing on the side of the road, including an eye movement test and a preliminary breath test.
After Mathers provided a breath sample, the officer informed her of the results.
“Do you know what legally intoxicated is in the state of Michigan? .08,” the officer says. “You’re .20. You’re almost three times the legal limit.”
The officer then placed Mathers under arrest.
“Unfortunately, I have to place you under arrest,” the officer says. “You made a mistake tonight. It sucks, but we got to get through.”
No additional injuries were reported. Information regarding court proceedings or potential charges was not immediately available.
Arrest followed recent no-contest plea
The arrest came just days after Mathers pleaded no contest to charges stemming from a separate hit-and-run crash involving a parked vehicle.
Mathers entered the plea Monday, May 11, in the 42-2 District Court in New Baltimore.
That incident occurred Monday, Feb. 16, 2026, when Mathers was driving a white Range Rover and struck a silver Dodge Ram pickup truck parked on a street.
Police said the truck was pushed approximately 50 feet from where it had been parked, and authorities alleged Mathers was impaired at the time.
She was charged with operating while impaired, a 93-day misdemeanor, and failure to stop after a collision, a 90-day misdemeanor.
Following her arraignment, Mathers immediately pleaded no contest to both counts.
Mathers is scheduled for a sentencing hearing at the 42-2 District Court on Wednesday, June 17, 2026, at 9 a.m.
Watch the full body cam video below