From Wikipedia:
"During a September 2007 trial for 19-year old Erin Davis on a
DUI charge, Davis testified that she drove drunk on September 17, 2006 after she was given alcohol by Carlson. Davis claimed she had to drive drunk to avoid being sexually assaulted by co-workers. Davis struck two parked cars on South Neil Street in Champaign, heavily damaged her own car, then kept driving into Campustown where University of Illinois police spotted her.
[3] Davis claimed she was fleeing what she feared would be a potential sexual assault by Carlson and anchor Kent Ninomiya. Davis was found with a
blood alcohol level of .20 which is two and a half times the legal limit in Illinois. Carlson denied the allegation writing to the Star Tribune that Davis' defense was a fabrication. "Clearly the state attorney's office found me to be the credible witness, not Erin Davis." Ninomiya also denied the accusation to the
Star Tribune writing "Both me and Emily Carlson were subpoenaed as witnesses for the prosecution. Don't you think the state's attorney would have loved to come after an anchor and reporter if there was any wrongdoing? Her story was her attempt to avoid taking responsibility for her actions." Neither Carlson, who did not testify, nor Ninomiya, who did testify, was charged with any crime regarding Davis. Davis was initially identified as a former intern at WICD in news reports but was later confirmed to be a former operations department employee by the WICD's general manager. "
