Natalie Mejia, a member of The Pussycat Dolls sister band Girlicious, was taken into police custody in suburban Los Angeles this week after cops found cocaine in her designer handbag, The Los Angeles Times reports.
Mejia — a passenger in a car driven by 28-year-old Peter Asencio — was on her way to the airport to fly to Canada for a concert when the car was pulled over for speeding Tuesday evening near the Ventura Freeway.
Cops discovered the pal Natalie was traveling with had a suspended driving license and decided to search the pair. That’s when officers discovered several baggies of coke in Natalie’s Coach bag.
Police Sgt. Tom Lorenz says 21-year-old Mejia and her companion were collared for suspicion of cocaine for sale or distribution” “She doesn’t know how it (cocaine) got into her purse.” The singer posted $30,000 bail on Wednesday and was ordered to appear in court on April 15.
Mejia shot to fame when she competed on The CW reality series Pussycat Dolls Present: Girlicious in 2007. Girlicious’ first album was released in 2008 after Robin Antin of the Pussycat Dolls founded the group.