In today's 24 hour news cycle, it seems like there's always some celebrity in trouble with
the law.
But while most of those run-ins are just momentary headaches for the celebs' PR teams to handle,
sometimes they end up going too far and wind up behind bars.
Here's a look at some celebs who have done a lot of jail time.
Wesley Snipes
Thanks to films films like White Men Can't Jump and Blade, Wesley Snipes had become one
of the biggest names in showbiz by the start of the new millennium.
But in 2006, the U.S. government decided they weren't getting their fair share of his A-list
paycheck, charging Snipes with income tax evasion.
According to CNN, Snipes was convicted for three misdemeanor counts of failing to file
tax returns in 2008 and served a 3-year prison sentence before his release in February 2013.
He's currently trying to make a show business comeback, but let's hope this time he has
himself a better accountant.
Tim Allen
Before becoming a household name in the '90s, Home Improvement star Tim Allen needed life
improvement back in the '70s, when he was busted for felony drug trafficking.
According to The Washington Times, Allen got caught at an airport in Michigan with a whole
bunch of cocaine in 1978.
He reportedly served two years and four months in jail before getting paroled.
The experience was obviously life-altering for Allen.
He told Closer magazine, "It put me in a position of great humility, and I was able to make
amends to friends and family and refocus my life on setting and achieving goals."
Don King
In his decades-long career as a boxing promoter, Don King has been involved with everyone who's
anyone in the fighting world.
But he's no stranger to violence himself, having actually killed two people.
In 1954, "Donald the Kid" reportedly shot and killed a man named Hillary Brown at a
gambling joint in Cleveland.
According to The Independent, "King said it was self-defence.
The court called it justifiable homicide."
Twelve years later, King was back in court for beating a man to death on a Cleveland
sidewalk.
He was found guilty of murder, but a judge later overturned the verdict and convicted
him of manslaughter instead.
He ended up serving nearly four years in prison before receiving a pardon from the governor
of Ohio.
King told The Independent in 2009, "I recognised my sins, brother!
I am confessed.
But God didn't come to save the righteous.
He came to save the sinners."
Richard Hatch
He became famous overnight as the winner of the first season of Survivor, but that fame
came back to bite Richard Hatch when the government came after him for dodging taxes on his million
dollar prize.
In fact, he went to jail twice for tax evasion, serving a total of 51 months behind bars between
2006 and 2011.
Talk about getting voted off the island!
"Hi, I'm Richard Hatch.
The IRS sends people to prison and they're just not celebrities.
Listen!
I went to prison for over 4 years and you don't want to."
O.J. Simpson
Former NFL running back O.J. Simpson spent some time in the slammer during his 1995 double-murder
trial, but he was eventually found not-guilty of killing his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson,
and her friend, Ronald Goldman.
But the law later caught up with him, as he spent nearly nine years in jail on charges
related to an armed robbery in Las Vegas in 2007.
Simpson was finally granted parole in 2017.
Da Brat
On Halloween 2007, rapper Da Brat reportedly got into a heated argument with a waitress
at an Atlanta nightclub and hit her in the face with a bottle of rum.
Da Brat, whose real name is Shawntae Harris, pled guilty to felony aggravated assault and
was sentenced to three years in prison, seven years of probation, and 200 hours of community
service.
She served the time, but in 2014, a judge ruled that she also had to pay the victim,
who sustained permanent scarring to her face, $6.4 million.
Mike Tyson
Boxer Mike Tyson may be experiencing a career revival as a quirky and unexpectedly funny
pop culture touchstone, but it should be remembered that he also spent three years in prison after
being convicted of rape in March, 1992.
So, you know, just keep that in mind the next time you find yourself chuckling at his hilarious
gags on Adult Swim.
Phil Spector
He was once known as arguably the most famous record producer on the planet, but after being
arrested for the 2003 murder of actress Lana Clarkson, Phil Spector became even better
known for having the creepiest mug shot in history.
Spector was eventually found guilty of murder in 2009 and was sentenced to a minimum of
19 years in prison.
He's currently serving his jail time in Stockton, California, and won't be eligible for parole
until 2028.
Charles S. Dutton
Before headlining the popular '90s sitcom Roc, actor Charles S. Dutton lived a very
different life.
According to the Los Angeles Times, he served "prison sentences for manslaughter, illegal
possession of a firearm and acting as the ringleader of a prison riot."
After seven years in jail, however, he got his parole in 1976 and turned his life around,
graduating from the Yale School of Drama and earning two Tony nominations on Broadway before
becoming a film and television star.
James Brown
Over the course of his long career in showbiz, James Brown earned many nicknames, from The
Godfather of Soul to Mr. Dynamite.
But despite all that, in 1988 he became known as inmate No. 155413 at South Carolina's State
Park Correctional Center, where he served more than two years for brandishing a gun
at an insurance company and then leading cops on a car chase.
He got out in 1991, but spent the rest of his life dodging legal trouble, including
rape allegations and multiple arrests for domestic abuse.
Danny Trejo
Actor Danny Trejo often plays tough guys onscreen, and he certainly has the real life story to
back the persona.
According to FOX News, a young Trejo spent 11 years in and out of jail for various crimes,
but he reached a turning point in 1968, when Trejo and others were accused of starting
a prison riot that injured guards.
He told The Hollywood Reporter, "We went to the hole and were facing the gas chamber.
And I remember asking God, 'Let me die with dignity.
Just let me say goodbye.
And if you do, I will say your name every day, and I will do whatever I can for my fellow
man.'"
When Trejo was released the following year, he remembered his spiritual promise, embracing
sobriety and helping at-risk youth as a drug counselor.
Way to go, Danny!
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