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Lisa Maria Falcone cleared of drunk driving, drug charges

Drunken driving and drug charges have been dropped against Lisa Maria Falcone, the socialite wife of embattled hedge fund billionaire Phil Falcone.

The Suffolk County D.A.’s office this week said it will not proceed with its case against Lisa, who was arrested for driving while impaired and without a license following a Labor Day crash last year. Lisa was cleared of DWAI (driving while ability impaired) after toxicology tests showed she hadn’t been drinking and had only a trace amount of prescription meds in her blood.

We’re told, “She is relieved because she wasn’t drinking and driving.”

Lisa had left the Hampton Classic horse show in her Mercedes SUV when she rear-ended another Mercedes before smashing into a parked Verizon van. Minutes later, her husband arrived and shouted at cops not to tow her car and bellowed that she should not take a Breathalyzer test. She blew a .06, under the legal limit of .08. She admitted popping a neurontin for pain. We’re told she paid a desk ticket for the expired license.

Our source said, “Lisa spent six hours in a cell, even though she passed the Breathalyzer test. Phil making a huge scene really didn’t help matters.”