DMX was sentenced to six months in jail today for violating his probation after he admitted to using illegal drugs.
His legal team is hoping to get the judge to send him to Pasadena Recovery Center for rehab in lieu of prison time. They even provided the judge with a letter from Dr. Drew Pinskey asking him to allow DMX to admit himself for treatment. According to TMZ, the judge seemed open to the idea.
Phil Spector’s lawyers have just filed an appeal to have his second-degree murder conviction thrown out on the grounds of judicial error and prosecutorial misconduct.
The 148-paged appeal filing cited a number of reasons why the legal team believed Phil did not have a fair trial. Phil’s attorneys insisted in the documents that their client was, among other things, improperly convicted because of his bad character, after the prosecution was allowed to have a number of women testify about his threatening actions in the past few years.
Phil, who is 70 years old, is currently serving 19 years in prison for murdering actress Lana Clarkson.
After a number of delays, Lil Wayne was finally sentenced to one year in jail for a weapons charge today.
The judge agreed to place him in protective custody with special medical attention because of his dental problems.
Wayne bowed his head to fans in the courtroom after receiving his sentence, then was carted off to begin his time.
Today, Lil Wayne’s jail sentence for his weapons possession charge was postponed for a second time, after a fire broke out in the basement of the Manhattan courthouse where his case was set to be heard.
The fire was contained in under an hour, but the courthouse has been shut down for the day.
Lil Wayne’s first hearing was moved last month to give him time to have some extensive dental surgery done on his rotting teeth. No word yet on a new court date.
A judge denied Cameron Douglas’ request for bail in a Manhattan court yesterday.
Cameron, who is currently in prison on a number of drug charges, reportedly wanted to get out of jail to check himself into a rehab center. The judge decided that Cameron was more likely to stay off drugs in jail, so he denied the request.
Cameron is scheduled to appear in court for his next hearing on April 14.
Lil Wayne, who recently had his weapons charge sentencing postponed, had eight root canals done on his $150,000 grillz on Tuesday.
According to sources, Wayne only has a few real teeth left, and those were in desperate need of repair. He’s now all good and ready to be sentenced for illegally possessing a loaded .40-caliber semiautomatic gun in 2007. Wayne is expected to be sentenced to one year in jail on a plea deal.
Lil Wayne got himself all ready to start serving his 1-year jail sentence for weapons possession last night. He even recorded a video on UStream to bid farewell to all of his fans.
When Wayne showed up for his formal sentencing today however, the judge put off his slammer time to give him the chance to have surgery done on his rotting grillz. The surgery is currently scheduled for February 12, and Wayne will be back for sentencing on March 2.
Gary Coleman, who was arrested for domestic assault yesterday in Utah, was finally able to make his $1,725 bail today.
He’s supposedly still in jail right now filling out the bail paperwork, but will be released in about an hour.
One Tree Hill’s Antwon Tanner was sentenced today to three months in prison for selling social security numbers for $10,000 to an undercover detective during a sting operation.
Antwon pleaded in a Brooklyn court that he was only a middleman in the operation, but a judge sentenced him to prison anyway. He’ll also be required to serve five months under house arrest after his release. His sentence will begin on April 30.
Richard Heene, who orchestrated the balloon boy hoax with his wife and three kids, began his sentence this morning at the Larimer County Detention Center in Fort Collins, Colorado.
He pleaded guilty in November to one felony count of attempting to influence a public servant, and will serve 30 days behind bars for his crime. He’ll also be required to serve another 60 days in a work release program, and perform 100 hours of community service per year for the next four years.
Roman Polanski, who allegedly raped a kid in 1977, is currently having a rough holiday under house arrest… at his luxury Swiss ski chalet with some close friends, family members, and fancy foods.
According to sources, Roman has invited some of his close friends over tonight to help him ring in the new year. His wife Emmanuelle Seigner has been spotted out around town, shopping for expensive food and good cheeses to help Roman cope with his current situation. Some fine wines and champagne were also seen being delivered to his home.
Roman might even get some money out of this whole deal. Yesterday, he filed a $1.1 million lawsuit against some annoying paparazzi camped outside of his chalet.
Ohio Police Chief Barry Carpenter (guy on the left pictured above) has just been sentenced to two years and eight months in prison for breaking into Sarah Jessica Parker’s surrogate’s house, and going through her things.
Chief Carpenter was convicted of receiving stolen property, theft in office, and tampering with evidence. He was originally also accused of burglary, but was acquitted of that charge. He resigned from his job two weeks ago.
The two other men pictured above are also facing charges in connection with the home invasion.
Balloon Boy couple, Richard and Mayumi Heene were both sentenced to time behind bars in court today.
Richard was sentenced first to 90 days in prison (with 60 of the days on a “work-release program”), and four years probation. Mayumi was sentenced 20 days in jail, which she will be serving after Richard completes his time.
Richard was seen tearing up and apologizing for the incident during the hearing. He’ll be required to begin his sentence on January 11, 2010.
T.I. was released from prison early yesterday morning after spending 7 months in an Arkansas prison.
The rapper was originally sentenced to one year plus one day behind bars on his 2007 weapons charge, but he was released early on good behavior. He’s now required to spend his next three months reporting regularly to a half way house.
Jessica Simpson reportedly ended up at the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department in West Hollywood yesterday… trying to bail her make-up artist, Mary Phillips out of jail.
According to law enforcement officials, Mary was arrested at 1:30 this morning, after cops received a complaint of someone being drunk and acting out at the Sunset Tower Hotel. When Jessica arrived at the Sheriff’s Department to bail Mary out, cops reportedly refused to allow her to do so because Mary was still too drunk. According to sources, Mary is still currently being held behind bars.
