NEW BALTIMORE, Mich. – A Macomb County judge has issued a bench warrant for Kim Mathers after she failed to appear at her sentencing on Wednesday for a February hit-and-run crash.
Mathers, the ex-wife of Detroit rapper Eminem, pleaded no contest on May 11 to operating a vehicle while intoxicated and leaving the scene of a crash in the case. Three days later, the 51-year-old Chesterfield resident was arrested for a separate incident in Chesterfield Township, during which she reportedly crashed her vehicle into another car while intoxicated.
Mathers was scheduled to appear before 42-2 District Court Judge William Hackel III at 9 a.m. for the sentencing in the February case, however the judge’s clerk confirmed with Local 4 that she did not show up on Wednesday.
She also had a probable cause hearing scheduled for June 24 related to the May 14 OWI charge. Body camera footage from that incident showed Mathers slurring her words while attempting to complete several field sobriety tests.
She was charged in that case with an OWI-third offense.
During her arraignment on May 28, Macomb County Assistant Prosecutor Joseph McCarthy suggested to the judge that Mathers violated the bond conditions set in the February hit-and-run case, seeking an emergency motion to review the no contest plea agreement previously entered.
Judge Hackel stated that an evidentiary hearing would be held to address that concern, however it’s not clear whether or not that took place.
The judge also required Mathers to wear an alcohol monitoring device after posting bond in that case, and that she sign up for in-patient or out-patient counseling.