Wife of New DaimlerChrysler CEO Charged
AP Online, Thursday, August 04, 2005 at 15:26

 BLOOMFIELD TOWNSHIP, Mich. (AP) -- The wife of incoming DaimlerChrysler AG
Chief Executive Dieter Zetsche was charged in what police say was a party at
which more than 20 underage drinkers were ticketed.

 Gisela Zetsche, 55, had been scheduled to appear in court Thursday, but
that hearing was adjourned until Sept. 13. She faces a $500 fine if
convicted of the charge, having an open house party.

 Dieter Zetsche was not at home during the party, Chrysler spokeswoman
Shawn Morgan said.

 Dieter Zetsche, who led the resurgence of DaimlerChrysler's Chrysler Group
in the United States, last month was named to replace Juergen Schrempp as
the head of the world's fifth-largest carmaker at the beginning of next
year.

 Gisela Zetsche's attorney, Michael Schloff, did not return several calls
from The Associated Press seeking comment on Wednesday and Thursday.

 According to a police report, officers in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield
Township said they received complaints late June 18 of noise, drinking and
people throwing things at passing vehicles from Zetsche's home.

 Gisela Zetsche said she bought beer for the 19th birthday party of a young
man who was living with the family for the summer, according to the report.
The legal drinking age in Michigan is 21.

 Police said they found about 100 people at the party. After police
arrived, some of the people ran through the house and out the front door,
according to the report. Officers said they stopped about 30 of them and
found about 10 more hiding in closets in the house.

 Police found two beer kegs _ one already empty _ on the patio, as well as
beer bottles, an open bottle of margarita mix and half a dozen empty liquor
bottles.