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Amanda Bynes says she's doing "amazing"

Amanda Bynes arrives at the MTV Movie Awards on June 5, 2011, in Universal City, Califf Getty

(CBS News) Amanda Bynes isn't going to get a DUI charge, a suspended license, and a series of run-ins with the law get in her way.

The 26-year-old actress says she's doing "amazing."

She told People on Wednesday, "I am not talking about being arrested for DUI because I don't drink, and I don't drink and drive. It is all false."

Instead, Bynes says she's focusing on a new venture. "I am retired as an actor," she said. "I am moving to New York to launch my career. I am going to do a fashion line," she told the site.

A judge has ordered Bynes not to drive. E! News reports that Bynes has a court date set for Oct. 29 for her misdemeanor DUI and hit-and-run charges.

Prosecutors have charged her with leaving the scene of two accidents -- one on April 10 and another on Aug. 4. That's in addition to a DUI charge this year.

Early Sunday morning, Bynes was pulled over for driving with a suspended license; her car was impounded.

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