What is this prison place, and why is it stealing all of our rap artists?
This time, the culprit is Lil’ Wayne, the beloved Grammy winner, and unfortunately, the second major rapper (the first being T.I.), in the span of a year to be faced with weapon charges. According to perezhilton.com, the rapper pleaded guilty to attempted weapon position and is expected to be sentenced to a year in jail. Wayne admitted to having a .40 caliber semi-automatic loaded gun onboard his tour bus back in 2007.
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NFL Quarterback Michael Vick has been conditionally reinstated into the NFL following a 20 month stint in prison for a highly publicized dogfight scandal, reports Perez Hilton.
Vick, who is currently a free agent, may attend preseason practices, workouts and meetings. If he is signed by a team, he will be permitted to play in the final two preseason games.
He may participate in all team activities except for games once the regular football season begins, and may be back on the field for games as early as October.
Moments after a Northern Georgia District judge sentenced T.I. to one year and one day in prison on Friday (March 27), the rapper discussed his sentence at a press conference.
His sentence was in connection with felony weapons charges stemming from his October 2007 arrest on the eve of the BET Hip-Hop Awards, reports mtvnews.com.
“It brings me great pleasure and honor to say to you today that I have begun to close this chapter in my life with, of course, the help and blessings of the U.S. attorneys and the courts of the U.S. government.”
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O.J. Simpson, who walked away a free man after one of the so-called murder trials of the century has been sentenced to 15 years in jail, with further conditions that may extend his imprisonment by 2 ½ years.
On October 3rd, the 61-year-old former football star was found guilty of armed robbery and kidnapping by a Las Vegas jury.
The incident leading to his conviction and then his later sentence on December 5th took place in 2007 inside the four walls of a Las Vegas hotel room, where Simpson provoked a raid to recover sports memorabilia items that he claimed were his.
Simpson’s lawyer, Yale Galanter stressed that the trial unfairly cornered Simpson during its investigations and that the results were ‘overblown charges’.
According to People’s Magazine, Nevada judge Jackie Glass who delivered the sentence made it clear that she was only sentencing Simpson for the actions for which he was currently on trial and not those of his past (referring to the 1994 murders of Simpsons ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend Ronald Goldman). “The problem is that I can’t ignore that the behavior at the time…was reckless…A gun was used…property was stolen…and now I will sentence you,” she said.
While Simpson remained calm during this delivery he did not hesitate to make an attempted apology to the court for his actions, adding that he denied knowing they were illegal to begin with.
The statement was disregarded and he was then denied bail before being escorted from the courtroom in a navy prison jumpsuit.
Singer Amy Winehouse’s husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, was released today, November 5, after serving 12 months of his 27-month sentence from Britain’s Edmunds Hill Prison.
Blake Fielder-Civil was sentenced for causing grievous bodily harm and obstruction of sentence. Supposedly, Fielder-Civil assaulted a pub owner and attempted to pay off a witness.
According to E! Online, Winehouse was not present at her husband’s release from prison. It is unclear if the Grammy Award Winning singer was unable to greet her husband because she was in her London home, after a previous trip to the hospital, or if she was still receiving treatment for a chest infection.
According to reports, Winehouse’s husband was taken directly to a rehab centre from the prison.
Anne Hathaway’s ex-boyfriend, Raffaello Follieri, was sentenced Thursday to 4 1/2 years in prison in a Manhattan federal court.
Follieri delivered a statement through an interpreter, in which he stressed that he wasn’t raised with bad values, and started off with good intentions. He also admitted that what he did was wrong and hopes to be forgiven by those he has hurt. He will to not appeal a sentence of less than 63 months in prison.
Follieri was arrested in June and pleaded guilty to 14 counts of wire fraud, money laundering and conspiracy in September. Initially, sentencing was planned for December, but the hearing was moved up to Oct. 3 after Follieri was unable to meet his $21 million bail.
Hathaway began dating Follieri in 2004, and the two broke up in June this year. Follieri was arrested in April of this year as well, for trying to pass a $215,000 bad cheque.
Beverly Hills Police officials have recommended PRISON BREAK star LANE GARRISON is charged with a felony charge of gross vehicular manslaughter.
Blood tests revealed the actor had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in his system and was under the influence of cocaine during a fatal crash in December that left a teenage passenger dead.
Los Angeles’ District Attorney received the file on Garrison’s crash yesterday, and is reviewing the case.
Cops also recommended that Garrison be prosecuted for contributing to the delinquency of a minor.
If he’s found guilty, Garrison could face 10 years in jail.
Teenager VAHAGN SETIAN was killed in the crash after Garrison lost control of his car on his way home from a party on December 2.
Two 15-year-old girls who were also passengers in the car were injured in the crash.
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