Overview
- Prosecutors say Gillum missed a scheduled randomized “color code” drug test and was tested at a court appearance on Thursday, with the result coming back positive for methamphetamine and prompting his return to Baldwin County jail.
- The new test updates an arrest from July in Daphne, Alabama, where officers reported finding about 3 grams of meth, several pre-rolled marijuana joints and drug paraphernalia and prosecutors filed one felony and two misdemeanor counts.
- Gillum had passed a drug test a few weeks after the July arrest and was placed in the court’s randomized monitoring program that requires daily hotline checks for assigned colors.
- It is unclear how the positive test will affect his eligibility for a pretrial drug intervention program, and the felony meth charge carries potential prison time and fines under Alabama law.
- The case revives questions about Gillum’s long-standing substance issues and follows earlier incidents and a separate federal corruption probe that produced mixed outcomes and dismissals.