WATCH: Geordie Shore star Charlotte Crosby's dreams of US TV career in tatters after three-year ban for second drink-driving offence

Reality TV star Charlotte Crosby today had her dreams of breaking America dashed after a second drink-driving conviction.
Charlotte Crosby's dreams of a TV career in America are in tatters after her second drink-driving conviction.Charlotte Crosby's dreams of a TV career in America are in tatters after her second drink-driving conviction.
Charlotte Crosby's dreams of a TV career in America are in tatters after her second drink-driving conviction.

The 25-year-old former Celebrity Big Brother winner and Geordie Shore cast member was caught driving her Range Rover in the early hours after drinking on the train home from London to Newcastle.

Two police officers witnessed her weaving down the road and, after pulling her over, a breath test showed she was over double the legal limit.

Charlotte Crosby's dreams of a TV career in America are in tatters after her second drink-driving conviction.Charlotte Crosby's dreams of a TV career in America are in tatters after her second drink-driving conviction.
Charlotte Crosby's dreams of a TV career in America are in tatters after her second drink-driving conviction.
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Newcastle Magistrates' Court was told that this latest indiscretion, after she was banned from driving for 18 months in 2012, means she is now unable to get a visa to travel to the USA.

Crosby, from Shiney Row, who has more than 2.7 million Twitter followers and has also made fitness DVDs, pleaded guilty to the charge after the incident on January 28.

Nick Freeman, defending, said she had decided to make the short journey from the railway station to her hotel despite having initially planned to get a taxi.

He said "she accepts that she is the author of her misfortune" and added that she was "bitterly ashamed, contrite and embarrassed".

Reality TV star Charlotte Crosby and solicitor Nick Freeman arriving at Newcastle Magistrates' Court, where she is charged with drink-driving.Reality TV star Charlotte Crosby and solicitor Nick Freeman arriving at Newcastle Magistrates' Court, where she is charged with drink-driving.
Reality TV star Charlotte Crosby and solicitor Nick Freeman arriving at Newcastle Magistrates' Court, where she is charged with drink-driving.
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Mr Freeman said Crosby had been close to landing a TV career in America but "that will not now happen, as she will not get a visa".

"She would like to apologise to the court and her family," he said.

"She would like to apologise to her legions of fans and supporters, who she has let down in a huge way."

Banning Crosby from driving for three years, chairman of the bench Keith McIntosh said it "beggared belief" that she had been caught for a second time.

Charlotte Crosby arrives at Newcastle Magistrates' Court for her drink-driving hearing.Charlotte Crosby arrives at Newcastle Magistrates' Court for her drink-driving hearing.
Charlotte Crosby arrives at Newcastle Magistrates' Court for her drink-driving hearing.
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"We take drink-driving offences very seriously in this court, even more so when it's not the first offence," he said.

Crosby, who had 80 microgrammes of alcohol in 100 millilitres of breath, compared with the legal limit of 35, was also told to pay £1,185 in fines and costs.

Crosby has starred in the MTV show Geordie Shore for the past five years. She won Celebrity Big Brother in 2013 and has released popular fitness DVDs titled 3 Minute Belly Blitz and 3 Minute Bum Blitz.