February 27, 1998
DOCUMENT: Crime
Busting The Six Billion Dollar Woman
Busted for DWI, "belligerent" Walmart heir asked cop, "You know who I am, don’t you?"
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Alice Walton, the Wal-Mart heir worth $6 billion, might want to shell out some of that dough for a chauffeur.
The 48-year-old Arkansas woman was arrested in late-January on drunken driving charges after her Toyota ran off a road and hit a gas meter. Walton, pictured at right, suffered a broken nose when her face greeted the steering wheel.
An unruly Walton, the daughter of late Wal-Mart boss Sam Walton, refused to take a blood-alcohol test and, according to these police reports, asked officers, "You know who I am, don't you? You know my last name?" (6 pages)