Beth Ditto arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in Oregan

Beth Ditto has been arrested and charged with disorderly conduct in Oregan.

Beth Ditto – real name Mary Beth Patterson – was taken into custody in the early hours of Saturday morning after a disturbance outside the Bungalo Bar in Portland.

The Gossip was detained by officers for being drunk after she left the establishment and allegedly threw her shoes in the middle of the road.

Beth Ditto then reportedly started shouting out the name of President Barack Obama as her friends tried to put her in a car.

A source at the bar told the Willamette Week newspaper: “She walked out in the middle of the street, threw off her shoes and purse and screamed Obama, Obama!”

Beth Ditto, 32, has been accused by a fellow reveler of being “blackout” drunk and trying to start fights in the bar, after initially being refused entry for being so intoxicated.

She has also been accused of kicking a bar tender in the groin during her raucous night out.

Beth Ditto was later released from custody and is now awaiting a court date.If she is convicted of second degree disorderly conduct the singer could be sentenced to up to six months in jail and may receive a fine of up to $2,500.

Beth Ditto has kept herself out of the public eye as much over recent times but has started to concentrate on hew new music releases.

The star released a new Gossip music video for track Get A Job last month.