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Foxy Brown pleads guilty in BlackBerry case
Foxy Brown pleads guilty in BlackBerry case
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Foxy Brown pleads guilty in BlackBerry case
Less than a month after being released from prison, U.S. rapper Foxy
Brown pleaded guilty on Thursday to menacing a woman with her
BlackBerry phone and avoided another possible prison sentence.
Brown, 29, whose real name is Inga Marchand, pleaded guilty to
menacing a Brooklyn woman, a misdemeanor, in July 2007 while on
probation for assaulting two nail salon stylists over a $20 manicure,
a court spokesman said.
By pleading guilty, Brown avoided going on trial for assault, a felony
charge that carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.
Brown was accused of bruising the eye and chipping the tooth of her
longtime neighbor Arlene Raymond when she struck the woman with the
handheld communications device.
On Thursday, Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge John Walsh sentenced Brown
to time already served, issued an order of protection and ordered
Brown to submit a letter of apology, the spokesman said.
"I apologize for the incident that occurred on July 31, 2007, in that
I attempted to scare Arlene Raymond and place her in harm's way,"
Brown said in a hand-written note.
Last month, Brown was released after serving eight months of a
one-year sentence for violating her parole stemming from the nail
salon incident.
With her 1999 album "Chyna Doll," Brown became the first female rap
artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the U.S. pop chart
encompassing all styles of music.
http :// news.yahoo,com /s/nm/20080508/people_nm/foxybrown_dc
Foxy Brown pleads guilty in BlackBerry case
Less than a month after being released from prison, U.S. rapper Foxy
Brown pleaded guilty on Thursday to menacing a woman with her
BlackBerry phone and avoided another possible prison sentence.
Brown, 29, whose real name is Inga Marchand, pleaded guilty to
menacing a Brooklyn woman, a misdemeanor, in July 2007 while on
probation for assaulting two nail salon stylists over a $20 manicure,
a court spokesman said.
By pleading guilty, Brown avoided going on trial for assault, a felony
charge that carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.
Brown was accused of bruising the eye and chipping the tooth of her
longtime neighbor Arlene Raymond when she struck the woman with the
handheld communications device.
On Thursday, Brooklyn Supreme Court Judge John Walsh sentenced Brown
to time already served, issued an order of protection and ordered
Brown to submit a letter of apology, the spokesman said.
"I apologize for the incident that occurred on July 31, 2007, in that
I attempted to scare Arlene Raymond and place her in harm's way,"
Brown said in a hand-written note.
Last month, Brown was released after serving eight months of a
one-year sentence for violating her parole stemming from the nail
salon incident.
With her 1999 album "Chyna Doll," Brown became the first female rap
artist to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200, the U.S. pop chart
encompassing all styles of music.
