So now the Jennifer Kim debacle is approaching Zsa Zsa-style levels of insanity. The silliness keeps snowballing, as KVUE dredged another skeleton out of Kim’s closet in their coverage of the controversy last night. Sayeth the ABC affiliate, “Documents show in September 2006, Kim was pulled over by an Austin police officer for speeding in the 7300 block of Ben White. During the traffic stop, she admits asking the officer if he knew who she was.”

It gets so much better:

“Kim said in hindsight, she should not have asked the question in the manner she did. She said she was only interested in learning more about which Austin police officers lived inside and outside of the city because the officer didn’t know her.”

“Do you know who I am?” = impromptu civics lesson for the officer in question. Glad we cleared that one up.

This article appears in January 26 • 2007.

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