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In 1988, Grammer was arrested for possession of one-quarter gram of cocaine, after being pulled over in a traffic stop for driving with expired plates in [[North Hollywood, California]]. A year earlier, he had been arrested for a DUI in [[Van Nuys, California]], and would go on to serve 14 days of a 30-day sentence. Grammer later served 10 days of community service after failing to comply with the requirements of his parole in 1990. Later in the same year, Grammer was sentenced to 90 days of [[house arrest]], ordered to pay a $500 fine, underwent drug and alcohol abuse counseling, and performed 300 hours of community service for his 1988 cocaine possession case.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Klein Lerner |first1=Patrica |title='Cheers' Star Pleads No Contest : Courts: Actor Kelsey Grammer is sentenced to 90 days' house arrest for cocaine possession. He will wear an electronic tracking device. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-07-me-91-story.html |website= [[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=12 August 2021 |date=7 August 1990}}</ref>
In 1988, Grammer was arrested for possession of one-quarter gram of cocaine, after being pulled over in a traffic stop for driving with expired plates in [[North Hollywood, California]]. A year earlier, he had been arrested for a DUI in [[Van Nuys, California]], and would go on to serve 14 days of a 30-day sentence. Grammer later served 10 days of community service after failing to comply with the requirements of his parole in 1990. Later in the same year, Grammer was sentenced to 90 days of [[house arrest]], ordered to pay a $500 fine, underwent drug and alcohol abuse counseling, and performed 300 hours of community service for his 1988 cocaine possession case.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Klein Lerner |first1=Patrica |title='Cheers' Star Pleads No Contest : Courts: Actor Kelsey Grammer is sentenced to 90 days' house arrest for cocaine possession. He will wear an electronic tracking device. |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1990-08-07-me-91-story.html |website= [[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=12 August 2021 |date=7 August 1990}}</ref>


In 1995, Grammer was accused of sleeping his child's underage babysitter. A grand jury chose not to indict the actor, stating: "The young woman's delay of more than a year in pressing charges against Mr. Grammer made it difficult to support her claim." Grammer released a statement shortly afterward, saying: "I have said from the outset that there was no basis for the allegations."<ref name="NYTimes">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/02/25/nyregion/a-grand-jury-refuses-to-indict-frasier-star-on-a-sex-charge.html |title=A Grand Jury Refuses to Indict 'Frasier' Star on a Sex Charge |last= Nordheimer |first=Jon |date=February 25, 1995 |website=The New York Times |series=American National Biography Online |access-date=June 17, 2019}}</ref> In 1996, Grammer's ex-girlfriend, Cerlette Lamme, sued him for [[defamation]] of character and [[Privacy law|invasion of privacy]] over content he included in his autobiography ''So Far...''.<ref>{{cite web|url = http://www.cosmicbaseball.com/grammer9.html|title = Kelsey Grammer 1999 Cosmic Player Plate|publisher= | website= Cosmicbaseball.com|access-date=December 19, 2009|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20130325165031/http://www.cosmicbaseball.com/grammer9.html|archive-date = March 25, 2013|url-status=dead|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
In 1995, Grammer was accused of sleeping