Being fairly new to this gig, I had no clue who Mr. Basabe is. Though, I think I might have seen him on one of those True Life shows that depict socialite brats being c*nty in the Hamptons and ordering people around and generally reinforcing why we hate rich people. If this wasn’t him, my bad, but the dude still starred on “Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive” and he probably enjoys being described as “snake-hipped”. So there’s always that for me to pin my venom on.

The New York Post has the lowdown:

Party-animal “It” boy Fabian Basabe is innocent of drunk driving, his lawyer claims, and is being railroaded by “bumbling” cops who targeted him because he is famous.

Basabe was arrested on Thanksgiving Eve at 1:20 a.m. when police say he drove his black Hummer SUV through a red light at Central Park West at 65th Street. After learning Basabe’s license had been suspended, officers asked him to take a Breathalyzer test, which he allegedly failed. The snake-hipped playboy was charged with four infractions, including reckless driving, drunk driving and unlicensed driving.

More on Mr. Basabe’s legal troubles, after the jump.

Basabe’s lawyer, Mark Jay Heller, said it’s all a big mistake: “The bumbling officers who stopped Fabian Basabe’s Hummer employed antiquated field equipment in an ill-fated attempt to test [his] sobriety.”
Heller also said in an e-mail that Basabe never should have been charged with driving with a suspended license because his suspension was lifted in 2005, “as could have been verified by a simple computer check . . . but for the fact that the officers, instead of affording Fabian Basabe the presumption of innocence . . . were too excited about potentially bagging a Page Six boldfaced-named defendant.”

Basabe – who starred in the “Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive” reality TV show last year – has indeed made Page Six several times. For instance, in July 2005, we reported he was thrown out of Star Room in the Hamptons after knocking over vodka bottles and “swinging from the rafters like an orangutan,” as a witness put it.

Frankly, once you consent to star in something called “Filthy Rich: Cattle Drive” you should be Tasered for jay-walking.

Fabian Pinched for D.U.I [The New York Post]