Facebook.com/Rick.Springfield.OfficialIn a Malibu, California, courtroom Thursday, "Jesse's Girl" singer and one-time General Hospital star Rick Springfield pleaded no contest in a DUI case stemming from a drunk-driving arrest in the state in May of 2011.

TMZ.com reports Springfield himself wasn't present for the proceeding, but his attorney pleaded on the star's behalf to a lesser offense, a misdemeanor charge of reckless driving, "with driving under the influence conditions."

As a condition of his plea, Springfield will avoid jail, but must attend an alcohol education program, and will be considered on informal probation for three years.

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