"You are going to be on national news, " Witherspoon allegedly told a Georgia state trooper as he handcuffed her on Atlanta's PeachtreeRoad early Friday morning.
"People who in good times want to keep it private, probably are just copping out a little bit, " said Don Harp, senior minister at PeachtreeRoad United Methodist Church in Atlanta.
Half a mile south is the 151-room St Regis Atlanta, a hotel that is as popular with locals as it is with out-of-towners due to its location at the intersection of mansion-lined West Paces Ferry Road and commercial PeachtreeRoad.