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Rapper Foxy Brown Goes Shopping After Jail Release

brianm — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 12:54:18 -0400

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She also ate soul food following her eight months behind bars

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Family and friends greeted rapper Foxy Brown as she was released from New York's Rikers Island Correctional facility Friday after nearly a year.

Her first stop: Shopping in Harlem and dining on soul food, the Associated Press reports.

Then, while cruising in a white Rolls Royce Phantom, she visited her childhood home in Brooklyn, where her mother, Judith Marchand, surprised her with smiley-face balloons. The two hugged, according to the AP. (The scene was shot for an upcoming VH1 reality show.)

"I did almost a year in prison, a year in prison, just because my name is Foxy Brown," the rapper said.

Brown (born Ingrid Marchand) was sentenced to eight months behind bars last year after she violated the terms of her probation after allegedly hitting a woman with a cell phone.

Brown pleaded guilty in 2004 for attacking two manicurists at a nail salon in NYC.

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Former Lost Star Michelle Rodriguez Spends Christmas in Jail

jhwang — Sun, 23 Dec 2007 19:19:53 -0500

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The actress checked into jail to serve a 180-day sentence for a probation violation Sunday

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Kiefer Sutherland isn't the only celeb spending Christmas in the slammer.

Michelle Rodriguez checked into jail in Lynwood, California, Sunday to begin serving her 180-day sentence for violating her probation in a DUI case, TMZ.com reports.

In October, the former Lost star, 29, was sentenced after she admitted she had violated her probation by failing to provide proof of completion of community service and for drinking three times while wearing her SCRAM alcohol-monitoring anklet.

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Amy Winehouse Cancels Tour to Support Incarcerated Husband

Lindsay Powers — Tue, 27 Nov 2007 13:30:10 -0500

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As Blake Fielder-Civil sits in jail on a conspiracy charge, she tells Us, “I can’t give it my all onstage without my Blake”

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Amy Winehouse is standing by her man.

The “Rehab” singer, 24, has cancelled her remaining European tour and promotional appearances for the rest of the year to support her incarcerated husband Blake Fielder-Civil, she tells Usmagazine.com.

“I can’t give it my all onstage without my Blake,” she tells Us in a statement. “I’m so sorry, but I don’t want to do the shows half-heartedly.

“I love singing,” she adds. “My husband is everything to me, and without him, it’s just not the same.”

Fielder-Civil, 25 (whom Winehouse wed in May), is charged with conspiracy involving alleged witness tampering in his upcoming assault trial. He will spend the holidays in jail as he awaits a January 18 hearing.

A rep for Winehouse added that the singer is sidelining also to focus on her health, saying that “the rigors involved in touring and the intense emotional strain that Amy has been under in recent weeks have taken their toll.”

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Lindsay Lohan Serves 84 Minutes in Jail

Lindsay Powers — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:55:49 -0500

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The actress checked into – and out of – the Century Regional Detention Facility November 15

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Lindsay Lohan checked herself into the Century Regional Detention Facility in Lynwood, California at 10:30 a.m. this morning and checked out at 11:54 a.m., L.A. County Sheriff Spokesman Steve Whitmore tells Usmagazine.com.

After just 84 minutes — only two minutes longer than Nicole Richie’s stay earlier this year — Lohan received “early release,” Whitmore says.

“She was nice and cooperative,” Whitmore says. “Everything was fine. This had to do with the August 23, 2007 sentence of 24 hours of jail time.”

The actress, 21, was sentenced to one day in jail as part of a plea deal she made for her two DUI arrests. The judge also ordered she complete 10-days of community service (she’s recently been spotted at an L.A.-area American Red Cross center), and attend an 18-month alcohol education system.

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Girls Gone Wild's Joe Francis Calls His Incarceration "One of the Greatest Miscarriages of Justice Ever"

Mandi Illuzzi — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 12:58:29 -0500

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The multimillionaire tells Extra, “I'm being persecuted for my stance on the First Amendment”

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He attended lavish parties, dated Paris Hilton and counted Brad Pitt and Justin Timberlake as fans of his Girls Gone Wild franchise.

But times have changed for Joe Francis — the 34-year-old, self-made multimillionaire.

Since May, he's been cooped up in a 12x7 cell at Reno's Washoe County Jail for tax evasion charges.

"I can’t look out the window," he tells Extra in an interview, airing Monday. "The only thing I can see is the 7-11 across the street, that’s too depressing for me. I try not the think about anything on the outside.”

Francis could pay his $1.5 million bond as he awaits a federal trial slated for next year.

But then he would face extradition to Florida, where he was jailed for a month in April for contempt of court in a civil suit brought by seven women who alleged they were underage when he shot them for his raunchy videos. (The federal charges had superceded the civil ones.)

A judge refuses to grant him bail.

“I’m being persecuted by people in Florida, corrupt city officials, who’re pissed off at me for asserting my First Amendment right against them,” he told Extra.

Francis compared himself to Hustler's Larry Flynt, adding, “I’m obviously the target because I’m the figurehead of the company ... I’m being persecuted for my stance on the First Amendment.”

For more on Francis, watch Monday's Extra.

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Jason Wahler: In Seattle Jail

Alissa R — Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:57:45 -0400

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“He’s making amends,” his rep tells Us exclusively as the reality star turns himself in for an April assault arrest.

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Jason Wahler voluntarily turned himself into jail officials in Issaquah, Washington, October 25 to face charges from an April arrest for assault, criminal trespass and underage drinking, his rep tells Usmagazine.com.

“He’s making amends for his past arrest,” his rep tells Us exclusively. “This is not a new arrest.”

His sentence calls for 30 days in the slammer, but his rep said, “we hope it’s cut short.”

At least Wahler, 20, is keeping busy behind bars.

His rep tells Us he recenly signed on to play a college jock in the horror flick, 10,000 Doors. (Shooting begins around Thanksgiving.)

Adds his rep: “He is currently spending his time behind bars reading the script and getting ready for the role so he has a lot to do!”

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Michelle Rodriguez: I'm Nervous to Go to Jail

Alissa R — Tue, 16 Oct 2007 09:28:30 -0400

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The former Lost star tells Us she is hitting spas to prep for her upcoming 180-day jail stint

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Michelle Rodriguez was recently sentenced to the slammer for 180 days for probation violation from prior a hit-and-run case.

So how is the former Lost star, 29, holding up?

“A lot of spa time, a lot of reading, a lot of hiding," she told Usmagazine.com at the grand opening of Diablo's Cantina at the Monte Carlo Resort & Casino in Las Vegas October 13. "I go out with my friends and my pals."

So is she nervous? “I'm a woman, honey!"

Still, Rodriguez admitted, "I take life as it comes, and that's it.”

She must start her sentence by December 24.

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How Much Time Will Nicole Serve?

Noelle Hancock — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 11:06:24 -0400

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Nicole Richie must serve 96 hours at the Lynwood County Jail by September 28 for her DUI. But how long will she really be behind bars?

"Usually [the sheriff] will interpret that as a sentence of four days and have her serve two," says Santa Monica, California, criminal attorney Alec Rose.

How's that? Count on a day off for good behavior, and "if you arrive at 11:50 p.m. and they book you in, you've served the day...I'd get the client in at 10:45 in case there's a line."

For all the latest news on Nicole Richie's maternity makeover (and pictures of her blossoming bump), check out the new issue of Us Weekly, on newsstands this week.

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Nicole Richie to Serve Sentence at Lynwood Jail

Alissa R — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:54:08 -0400

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Paris Hilton and Nicole Richie really do do everything together! Usmagazine.com has confirmed that Richie will serve out her four-day sentence at the Century Regional Detention Facility at Los Angeles County's women's jail in Lynwood, California, where Hilton, 26, recently spent 23 days for violating probation.

“Nicole Richie's attorney has indicated that she wants to do her time in county jail,” L.A. County Sheriff's Department spokesman Steve Whitmore tells Usmagazine.com.

“Lynwood is the only county jail for women in Los Angeles, so if she does go to county jail she will go to Lynwood.”

According to TMZ, Richie could benefit from Lynwood’s overcrowding problem and possibly have her sentence reduced.

The former reality star -- who recently announced that she’s four months pregnant -- could enter Lynwood late in the evening (as Paris did) and get credit for an entire day.

There’s also a chance Richie, 25, could be awarded "good time" credit, which would also shorten the sentence.

When asked whether Richie could possibly be released early on good behavior, Whitmore refused to speculate, saying, “All things are decided upon entering the jail.”

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Nicole Richie Sentenced to Four Days in Jail

Noelle Hancock — Fri, 27 Jul 2007 13:21:03 -0400

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Nicole Richie was sentenced to 96 hours of jail time Friday morning after entering a guilty plea in her DUI case.

A pregnant Richie, 25, dressed in a loose-fitting black dress, arrived at the Glendale, California, courthouse shortly before 8:30 a.m. accompanied by her boyfriend, Good Charlotte singer Joel Madden, dressed conservatively in a black suit.

The couple sat in the front row and waited for her case to be called. Richie whispered into Madden’s ear nervously.

When her case was called, Richie’s attorney, Shawn Chapman Holley, entered a plea of guilty.

Lubell then sentenced the reality star to 96 hours in custody, giving her credit for the six hours she was in custody post-arrest.

"The judge did not give her special treatment. She is given the same option that any person who pleads guilty to this charge to serve in county or county jail," Los Angeles District Attorney spokesperson Jane Robison tells Us, adding that Richie has to complete her sentence some time in the next 60 days. "She just has to show proof of completion by September 28."

According to the terms and conditions of Richie's probation, she must enroll in a drug and alcohol program within 21 days and pay a fine of $2,048.

Authorities arrested Richie on Dececember 11 after witnesses reported seeing her SUV headed the wrong way down a California highway. She failed a field sobriety test and admitted to having smoked marijuana and taken a Vicodin.

In February, Richie pleaded not guilty to misdemeanor driving under the influence. She had a prior misdemeanor DUI conviction in June 2003.

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