Jason Priestley Ordered to Get Alcohol Counseling

Jan. 31 -- Former Beverly Hills 90210 star Jason Priestley will have six months to complete an alcohol counseling program in connection with a drunken driving charge stemming from a 1999 accident that wrecked his Porsche.

The 31-year-old actor had been ordered by a court to complete a three-month alcohol counseling program. His attorney said Priestley has been unable to enter a program in Los Angeles because he has been working in New York and England.

On Tuesday, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge H. Randolph Moore gave Priestley until July 2 to complete a program, and allowed him to do so in New York, where he now lives. Priestley was not present for the hearing.

A little more than a year ago, Priestley totaled his silver Porche in Hollywood Hills. Last March, he pleaded "no contest" to a misdemeanor drunken driving charge. He was sentenced to five days in jail and three years probation. He also had his driving license suspended for a year.

Priestley served his jail sentence this month, his attorney said.