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Top 10 Celebrities That Went to Prison


how’d you like being in jail they went
from the big time to the big house
and what’s that three months like when
you in jail what was that or speech like
welcome to watchmojo.com and today we’re
counting down our picks for the top 10
celebrities who went to prison right
Valley vanity quite a lot for this list
will only be looking at those
celebrities who did prison time while in
the limelight and will be turning a
blind eye to those who served their time
pre Fame well unfortunately though a lot
of my friends are the debtor in jail you
know
number 10 Mike Tyson I’m done you know I
got issues because of dealing with this
for three and a half years I got some
issues and I’m pretty violent oh how the
mighty had fallen a video game star and
heavyweight champion one minute
schmuck rotting in a jail cell the next
but not without good reason
although the boxer insisted it was
consensual evidence and testimony said
otherwise and so Mike Tyson was
sentenced to six years in prison for the
1991 rape of eighteen-year-old beauty
queen Desiree Washington so did you do
this did you rape that slimy bitch
ultimately pison spent three years
behind bars from March of 1992 to March
of 1995 during which time he converted
to Islam alleged that mr. Tyson struck
him one time in the forehead post
release Tyson has had minor incidents
with the law but none as infamous as
this everything had outside checking at
the door and going to this place a
different person number nine Michelle
Rodriguez
although arrested for assault in 2002
the charges for which were dropped
Michelle Rodriguez is better known in
legal circles for her alcohol and car
related crimes it’s Michelle
she is passed outside way she’s laying
all over Kara they’re smoking it looks
like a vaporizer and Pantera’s like
blowing smoke rings and Michelle is
licking them out of the air these
include a 2003 DUI and hit-and-run a 48
hour jail stint in 2004 and a five day
jail stay in 2006 for drunk driving that
incident led to a 60-day sentence as it
violated her probation in LA
however Rodriguez walked the same day
due to overcrowding would you believe I
knocked him out with my charm need that
charming bitch
in 2007 the actress was given 180 days
as a result of not finishing a
community-service term but in the end
only served 18 again due to overcrowding
I actually went on a bit of a binge I
went crazy a little bit I went pretty
crazy a lot of the stuff I did last year
I would never do had I been in my right
mind
number 8 Michael Vick and Vick will
throw on first down looking deep down
the field for Bryant he’s got it while
NFL star Michael Vick had some past
run-ins including a 2005 lawsuit for
allegedly and knowingly giving a woman
herpes 2007 was his landmark year for
bad behavior the one count plea to be
entered by Vick in Richmond Virginia
Monday charges Vick with conspiracy a
charge that could bring as much as a
five year prison term things went sour
when his father spilled the beans on
Vicks love for dogfighting
investigations soon revealed that not
only was Vick running a dogfighting ring
but that he also took part in the
killing of as many as eight dogs the
dogs were killed by various methods
including hanging and drowning because
the activities crossed state lines the
case was made federal and the football
player was sentenced to 23 months at the
United States Penitentiary in
Leavenworth Kansas first day I walked
into prison and he slammed that door
I know you know the magnitude of the
decisions that I make number seven Phil
Spector
genius innovator odor murderer with a
history of violence and odd behavior
including allegedly holding the Ramones
at gunpoint
and keeping second wife Ronnie Spector a
virtual hostage he said I’m gonna kill
you indeed I’m going to kill you
it was almost inevitable that Phil
Spector would slip up eventually and he
did motivated by drunkenness and
rejection Spectre shot and killed Lana
Clarkson in 2003 this is not Bobby Blake
this is not the Menendez brothers they
have no case if they had a case I’d be
sitting in jail right now really Phil
really following a mistrial in 2007 the
producer was tried again in 2008 and was
found guilty on April 13 2009 the
defense to term required by law 50 years
to life on condition for second-degree
murder despite claiming it was quote an
accidental suicide Specter was sentenced
to 19 years to life given his age he
will likely never be released the
actions of the hitler-like district
attorney and his stormtrooper henchmen
to seek an indictment against me
and censor all means of me getting my
evidence and the truth out are
reprehensible unconscionable and
despicable number six James Brown
he may have been the Godfather of Soul
and the hardest-working man in show
business but that didn’t mean James
Brown was above the law as the result of
a high-speed chase near the South
Carolina Georgia border in 1988 Brown
was charged with driving offenses
assaulting a police officer possession
of an unlicensed gun and likely the
source of his troubles tested positive
for PCP while Brown stated the police
had assaulted him and even shot at his
pickup truck the charges stuck and papa
got a six year jail term but took it to
the bridge in just a little over two so
I went to jail and I thank God for it
cuz I rest it I was tired I needed a
rest
number five Martha Stewart all these
rappers on stage and Martha Stewart has
done the most jail time following a tip
from stockbroker Peter Burke enof ik
Martha Stewart dumped nearly 4,000
shares of em clone system stock a day
before it was due to tank I think this
will all be resolved in the very near
future and I will be exonerated I know
that you ridiculousness
the move saved Stewart more than $45,000
in losses but cost her so much more
today is a shameful day ultimately found
guilty of conspiracy and lying to
investigators
M Diddy was fined thirty thousand
dollars served a penalty of over one
hundred and thirty thousand dollars and
spent five months in the clink
someone like Martha Stewart probably the
humiliation of the traditional perp walk
is a worse punishment than the fine that
she could receive additionally Stewart
was unable to head a company for at
least five years
CBS meanwhile ceased broadcasting her
show and as a final indignity aired a TV
movie about her prison life
ouch the alcohol or drugs in last 48
hours
I had a divine 72 more alone night
before last number four DMX bitches
wanna try sit this one alive listen it
this one’s arrived they just wanna die
with a rap sheet lengthier than his rap
discography DMX has claimed he only went
to jail to spread the word of Jesus
however his multiple accounts of
reckless driving drug charges DUI s
weapons charges parole violations and at
least one charge of impersonating a
federal agent likely had something to do
with it
rapper DMX has been arrested in the
Upstate again according to career police
DMX was arrested in jailed in 2010 for
violating the terms of his probation by
drinking at a concert and clocked up
four separate driving offenses in 2013
every time and every time it would to be
while in 2015 for a change of pace the
rapper and father of 12 was given six
months in the who’s Gail for failing to
pay $400,000 in child support the non
stop
getting busy with it I got such a good
hot number 3 Oh Jay Simpson oh boy I
don’t know how I ended up here please
remember me as the juice please let me
hit a good guy you could almost feel
sorry for OJ almost maybe we the jury in
the above-entitled action find the
defendant Orenthal James Simpson not
guilty of the crime of murder
although acquitted in 1995 for the
murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown and her
friend Ronald Goldman and found liable
for the same deaths in 1997 the juice
was eventually put in the slammer for
spewing his own stuff we have this
breaking news to bring you comes to us
out of Las Vegas and that is where Jason
has been arrested in connection with an
alleged armed robbery at an office strip
casino in 2007 Simpson led a group of
thugs to a hotel in Las Vegas and seized
sports memorabilia he claimed had been
stolen from him guilty count for
burglary while in possession of a deadly
weapon guilty of burglary and possession
of a deadly weapon count 5 first-degree
kidnapping with use of a deadly weapon
Bruce Froman guilty a first-degree
kidnapping with used the deadly weapon
however with the involvement of guns
kidnapping assault criminal conspiracy
and the whole thing being you know a
robbery
the one-time rental car spokesman was
handed a 33 year sentence in the
Lovelock Correctional Center this is the
people this is unfortunately my second
visit here uh-huh
and everybody’s courteous and everybody
was very very professional
number two Wesley Snipes is it cold in
here
Oh easy Jessie known on the big screen
for his tough-guy persona one would
expect Wesley Snipes to be chucked in
the pen for something equally badass not
so so why’d you get locked away tax
evasion charged in 2006 with conspiring
to defraud the United States Snipes was
jailed for not properly filing his taxes
that is he didn’t file at all for six
years mr. Snipes was a victim we believe
the evidence will show of unscrupulous
tax advisers he followed that advice and
that advice has led to this indictment
the actor neglected to file based on the
premise that income taxation is illegal
however the court disagreed and found
Snipes owed millions in back taxes lie
down with your hands behind your back
what’s this six of you such nice tidy
uniforms as a result the star of blade
and many direct-to-video movies spent
December 2010 to April 2013 in the
McKean Federal Correctional Institution
you had to take it in stride you know
these things are part of life and life
in and of itself it is experience so you
got to be able to laugh at if you take
it too too seriously you miss all the
beauty all the dawn before we unveil our
number one pick here are a few honorable
mentions mr. michaels was arrested for a
violation of 647 a of the Penal Code
engaging in a lewd act the police pulled
me over Andy and they found a file in
the yes I could part Mia oh because I
just sort of I thought of a delusion
that I was Batman for a moment just put
the pedal of the metal and it wasn’t a
very long chase I wasn’t wasn’t worried
that was kind of sad and pathetic
a lot of the smartest people are in
prison they don’t even have people to
like fix T Electress you know the
electrical work when it breaks down
today
they forget them and they’re very smart
number one Robert Downey jr. Robert
Downey jr. latest arrests was the last
straw for the TV show Ally McBeal he was
fired yesterday arrested various times
throughout the 1990s on drug charges
things came to a head for Robert Downey
jr. when he was jailed in 1997 and 99
for missing court-mandated drug tests
it’s not a criminal he is a victim of
the drugs serving six months in 97 and
facing additional time in 1999 Downey
hired the same legal team as oj simpson
did in 1995 only this time they failed
to get their client off yeah I am NOT
going to just put you back in
rehabilitation I’m gonna violate your
probation in this case in a way and I’m
gonna incarcerate you and I’m gonna
incarcerate you in the way that’s very
unpleasant for you the actor was given
three years in a prison rehab facility
but was given the go-ahead for early
release one year later I feel like
Cassius Clay you know standing over the
attenuation drug arrests and lost roles
continued until Downey eventually
replaced drugs with meditation yoga and
kung fu’ around 2003 and maintained his
sobriety by being well Iron Man
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