Harry Connick Jr.’s daughter, Georgia Connick, has been arrested for allegedly providing alcohol to minors during a party at her parents home this past weekend.
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Georgia, 19, faces charges of permitting minors to possess alcohol and procuring alcohol for minors, NBC News reports.
There were several empty and partially empty beer cans at the home, police said they discovered.
Someone called police just after 1 a.m. on Saturday, August 15 to report underage drinking was going on at a party at the Connick family’s West Road house in New Canaan.
The daughter of the actor and musician told police that swarms of people arrived at her house during what was intended to be a small gathering.
Those attending inside the party have been all amongst the age groups of 18 and 20 and none were really of this very official drinking year of 21, regulate said.
The host of the party is scheduled to appear September 2 in state Superior Court in Norwalk.
Guests were released to their parents or driven home by a sober operator.
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Connick Jr. was in Philadelphia at the time of the incident filming the auditions for the final and 15th season of American Idol; however, he said in a statement to People, “This is a private matter which we are dealing with as a family”.
