Celebrity Crimes
Welcome to "Celebrity Crimes". Below is a list of some of the celebrities who have broken the law, their crimes ranging from DUI, drug possession, and assault, all the way up to murder.
Celebrities Who Have Killed Someone
Christian Brando
In May 1990, Christian Brando confronted his pregnant sister Cheyenne's boyfriend about having physically abused her. He ended up shooting and killing him. Brando pled guilty to voluntary manslaughter in a plea agreement and received a 10-year prison sentence, he served five years in prison. Matthew Broderick
In 1987 Matthew Broderick (with passenger Jennifer Grey) was behind the wheel on a country road in Northern Ireland when he collided head-on with another car. The crash killed the two Irishwomen (mother and daughter) in the other car. Broderick was hospitalized with a concussion, broken leg and collapsed lung. He pleaded guilty to a reckless-driving charge and was fined. He has admitted he had been driving on the wrong side of the road.
Dog Chapman
Dog Chapman was sentenced to five years in a Texas prison in 1977 after being convicted of first degree murder. He was released on probation after 18 months.
Charles Dutton
At age 17 Charles Dutton was convicted of manslaughter after stabbing a man to death in a street fight. Initially he served two years in prison but he was sent back for weapons possession. Fighting with a guard also extended his sentence. He spent a total 7.5 years in jail.
Lane Garrison
Lane Garrison pled guilty to vehicular manslaughter, drunken driving, and providing alcohol to a minor for a December 2, 2006 crash in which his 2001 Land Rover jumped a curb at about 50 mph and hit a tree, killing a passenger in his vehicle and injuring two others.Garrison was sentenced to 3 years 4 months in state prison, but was given credit for 91 days already served.
Rebecca Gayheart
On June 13, 2001, Rebecca Gayheart struck and fatally injured a nine-year-old boy as he crossed a Los Angeles-area street. On November 27, 2001, she pleaded no contest to vehicular manslaughter. She was sentenced to three years probation, a one-year suspension of her license, a $2,800 fine, and 750 hours of community service. She was also ordered to make a public-service announcement.
Jim Gordon
On June 3, 1983 Jim Gordon (studio drummer and co-author of "Layla") bludgeoned his mother with a hammer and then stabbed her to death with a butcher's knife. He had complained of hearing voices in his head and he was later diagnosed with acute paranoid schizophrenia, which had been worsened by a cocaine addiction.
In May 1984 he was sentenced to sixteen years to life in prison. He has served his sentence at the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, Atascadero State Hospital in Atascadero, and the State Medical Corrections Facility in Vacaville. He is still incarcerated.
In May 1984 he was sentenced to sixteen years to life in prison. He has served his sentence at the California Men's Colony in San Luis Obispo, Atascadero State Hospital in Atascadero, and the State Medical Corrections Facility in Vacaville. He is still incarcerated.
Ted Kennedy
In 1969 Edward Kennedy was driving a car with Mary Jo Kopechne as his passenger when the Senator drove off Dike Bridge into the channel between Chappaquiddick Island and Martha's Vineyard. The Senator swam to safety, but Kopechne died in the car. Kennedy pled guilty to leaving the scene of an accident and received a suspended sentence of two months in jail.
Don King
In 1966, Don King was convicted of second degree murder and given a life sentence in the stomping death an employee who owed him six hundred dollars. The judge reduced the conviction to nonnegligent manslaughter. King served just under four years in prison. Thomas Neal
In 1965 Thomas Neal shot his 3rd wife Gale Bennett in the back of the head with a .45-caliber gun, killing her instantly. He was convicted of involuntary manslaughter and sentenced to ten years in prison, of which he served six. On December 7, 1971, he was released on parole.
Vince Neil
In 1984 Vince Neil the lead singer for the band Mötley Crüe, lost control of the car he was driving and hit an opposing vehicle. The two occupants of the other car were seriously injured but the passenger of Neil's car, Nicholas Dingley (aka Razzle, drummer for the Finnish metal band Hanoi Rocks) was killed. Neil was charged with vehicular manslaughter and driving under the influence of alcohol.
In July of 1986 he was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 5 years probation, $2.6 million in restitution to the victims of the crash and 200 hours of community service. Neil got out of jail in 20 days for good behavior.
In July of 1986 he was sentenced to 30 days in jail, 5 years probation, $2.6 million in restitution to the victims of the crash and 200 hours of community service. Neil got out of jail in 20 days for good behavior.
Celebrity DUIs
Tim Allen
Tim Allen was arrested for DUI in May 1997 after racing his Ferrari down the street. He was fined, given probation and counseling.On 2 October 1978, Allen was arrested in Detroit for possession of a pound and a half of cocaine, he was sentenced to five years in prison and was paroled after 2½ years.
Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson was arrested for DUI on July 28th of 2006. Gibson was sentenced to three years probation, a 90-day alcohol-abuse program, 12 months of Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and fined $1,300 with a 90-day license restriction. Tracey Gold
In September 2004 Tracey Gold was arrested after rolling her SUV while drunk. Her husband and three young children were all in the vehicle at the time. Her oldest child, 7-year-old Sage, suffered a broken clavicle and a head laceration. She was sentenced to three years probation, ordered to complete 30 days of work release supervised by the jail, and to perform 240 hours of community service. David Hasselhoff
David Hasselhoff was arrested for DUI in June of 2004. He went through a six month alcohol treatment program and was also sentenced to three years of probation, and 200 hours of community service.
Paris Hilton
In September 2006 Paris Hilton was arrested and charged with driving under the influence. Her driving license was suspended.In January 2007 she pleaded no contest to the alcohol-related reckless driving charge.
Her punishment was 36 months' probation and fines of about $1,500.
On January 15, 2007, Hilton was pulled over for driving with a suspended license and signed a document acknowledging that she was not permitted to drive.
On February 27, 2007 Hilton was caught driving 70 mph in a 35 mph zone with a suspended license, and without her headlights on.
On May 4, 2007 Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in jail for violating her probation.
Hilton began her jail term on June 5, 2007, but on June 7 the County Sheriff signed orders reassigning her to 40 days of home confinement with an electronic monitoring device due to an unspecified medical condition. The Judge in the case sent her back to jail to serve out her original 45-day sentence on the same day that she was released from jail. In total, Hilton served 22 days in detention.
Wynonna Judd
Wynonna Judd was arrested in November 2003 for drunk driving. She had her driving privileges taken away for a year and was sentenced to 200 hours of community service. Christopher Lee
In May, 2007 Christopher Lee was found guilty of drunk driving in Singapore, and causing injury to a motorcyclist and pillion rider in a hit-and-run accident in October 2006. He was also fined $4,500 and disqualified from driving for 3 years. He also paid more than $60,000 in compensation to the victims for their injuries.
Lindsay Lohan
May 26, 2007 Lindsay Lohan was arrested on a misdemeanor charge of driving under the influence of alcohol.July 24, 2007, Lohan was booked on felony charges of possession of cocaine and transportation of a narcotic, in addition to misdemeanor charges of driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license.
August 2007 Lohan was sentenced 96 hours in jail (she actually served 84 minutes in jail) and 10 days community service for both her DUI arrests. She was also sentenced to probation for a maximum of three years, an 18-month alcohol education program, hundreds of dollars in fines and a three-day county coroner program in which she'd have to visit a morgue and talk to victims of drunk drivers.
Nick Nolte
Nick Nolte was arrested by the California Highway Patrol on September 11, 2002 and charged with driving under the influence. He was sentenced to three years' probation, a 90-day substance abuse program, fined $500 and ordered to submit to random drug and alcohol testing.Nick Nolte was arrested twice in his school days. The first time he was charged with reckless driving, convicted and sentenced to 30 nights in jail, he was allowed to attend football practice during the day. The second time he was charged with selling fake draft cards and was given a suspended sentence.
Haley Joel Osment
In July 2006 Haley Joel Osment was charged with drunk driving and marijuana possession after he crashed his 1996 Saturn station wagon while returning home from a Los Angeles concert. He was sentenced to three years probation, 60 hours of alcohol rehab, six months of AA meetings and a fine of $1500. Nicole Richie
Nicole Richie, was arrested for DUI on December 11, 2006. She confessed to police that she had taken the prescription drug Vicodin and smoked pot before driving. After pleading guilty to DUI, she was sentenced to four days in jail and 3 years of probation. A jail sentence was mandatory since she had pleaded no contest to a DUI charge 4 years earlier. She was released from jail after serving 82 minutes. Michelle Rodriguez
In June 2004, Michelle Rodriguez pleaded no contest in Los Angeles to hit and run, drunken driving, and driving with a suspended license. She went to jail for 48 hours, performed community service at the morgues of two New York hospitals, completed a three-month alcohol program, and was placed on probation for three years.In 2005 Rodriguez was pulled over by Honolulu police multiple times:
November 1- She was fined $357 for driving 83 mph in a 55 mph zone.
October 20- She was fined $300 for driving 90 mph in a 35 mph zone.
August 24- She was fined $197 for going 80 mph in a 50 mph zone.
On December 1, 2005 Rodriguez was arrested for DUI. On April 2006, she pleaded guilty to one charge of driving under the influence. She paid a $500 fine and spent five days in jail.
May 1, 2006 a judge in Los Angeles sentenced her to 260 days in jail, a 30 day alcohol rehabilitation program and another 30 days of community service, including work for Mothers Against Drunk Driving for violating her probation. Because of overcrowding, she was released from jail on the same day she entered it.
In September 2007 Rodriguez allegedly violated her probation by not completing her community service and not following an alcohol education program.
On October 10, 2007, following a hearing, she was sentenced to 180 days jail time after agreeing to admit to violating her probation.
On December 23, 2007, she turned herself in to began the jail term in the Century Regional Detention Facility located in Lynwood, CA. She was released after serving 17 days of her 180 day sentence.
Diana Ross
December of 2002 Diana Ross was arrested in Arizona for driving drunk. She pleaded "no contest" in court and was given a 2 day jail sentence and one year of unsupervised probation.
Kiefer Sutherland
Kiefer Sutherland pled guilty to DUI charges in 1989 and 1993, and he was on probation for a DUI conviction in 2004 when he was arrested September 25, 2007 on misdemeanor drunk driving charges.On December 5, 2007 he was sentenced to 48 days jail. He was also sentenced to 5 years probation, an 18-month alcohol treatment program and therapy sessions each week for six months.
Jean-Claude Van Damme
Jean-Claude Van Damme was arrested in 1999 for drunk driving. He was sentenced to three years probation, a $1,200 fine, 90 day loss of license and mandatory participation in a 90 day anti-drunk driving class.
Cynthia Watros
Cynthia Watros was pulled over on December 1, 2005 after her car was seen weaving in Kailua, Hawaii. She pled guilty to a charge of drunk driving and was fined $370, ordered to undergo 14 hours of counseling, and lost her license for 90 days. Other Charges
Halle Berry
In California in Feburary 2000 Berry ran a red light and struck another vehicle, then left the scene and went to a hospital. She pleaded no contest to the misdemeanor charge of leaving the scene of accident and received 3 years probation, $1300 fine and 200 hours community srvice.
Johnny Cash
In October 1965 Johnny Cash was arrested at the El Paso International Airport after U.S. Customs agents found hundreds of pep pills and tranquilizers in his luggage as he returned from a trip to Mexico. He plead guilty to a misdemeanor count, and paid a $1000 fine and received a 30-day suspended sentence. Rapper 50 Cent
In August 1994 Rapper 50 Cent (aka Curtis Jackson) served time in a New York State Department of Correctional Services shock incarceration program after he pleaded guilty to felony charges of peddling heroin and crack cocaine.In July 2005 he received two years of probation for three counts of assault and battery stemming from an incident in 2004 where he jumped into the audience after being hit by a water bottle.
Macaulay Culkin
In September 2004 Culkin was arrested for possession of marijuana and two controlled dangerous substances (Xanax and sleeping pills) for which he did not have a prescription, after police pulled him and friend over for speeding. He was sentenced to a 1 year deferred prison term on each of the two misdemeanour charges and given a $940 fine. Jodie Foster
In December 1983 Jodie Foster was arrested in Boston after a flight from Paris, for carrying a small amount of cocaine. She plead guilty and received a year probation and paid $500 in court costs.
Hugh Grant
In 1995 Hugh Grant plead guilty to a misdemeanor lewd conduct charge after police arrested him with a prostitute. He was sentenced to two years probation, and ordered to pay a fine. Vanilla Ice
In January 2001 Robert Van Winkle (aka Vanilla Ice) was arrested by Davie, Florida police for allegedly pulling hair out of his wife's head during an argument. He was sentenced to probation in April 2001 and ordered to attend family therapy sessions. Tommy Lee
In October 1999 Tommy Lee was arrested by North Carolina cops and charged with assault and inciting a riot with ethnic animosity, crimes which supposedly happened during a concert.In March 2000, he plead no contest to simple assault and was sentenced to 18 months probation.
Marilyn Manson
Brian Hugh Warner (aka Marilyn Manson) was charged with criminal sexual conduct after doing the grind on the head of a security guard during a July 2001 concert in suburban Detroit. The rock star pleaded no contest to a reduced misdemeanor charge and paid a $4000 fine. Matthew McConaughey
In October 1999 Matthew McConaughey was arrested in Austin, Texas and charged with possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia after a neighbor called the police to complain about loud music coming from the actor's home. The police found McConaughey dancing around naked and playing bongo drums. McConaughey plead guilty to violating Austin's noise ordinance (The drug charges were dropped), and he paid a $50 fine. Ozzy Osbourne
In 1965, when he was 17, Osbourne spent 2 months in the Winston Green Prison in England for burglary.In 1982, he urinated on a portion of the Alamo and he was subsequently banned from San Antonio for a decade.
Christian Slater
In December 1994 Christian Slater was arrested at New York's John F. Kennedy Airport and charged with criminal possession of a weapon. In a plea agreement in early 1995 he was sentenced to three days working with homeless children. Britney Spears
In August 6 2007 Britney Spears scraped a parked vehicle while maneuvering her Mercedes Benz out of a lot. She did get out of her car to survey the damage but then left without leaving a note or insurance information. The owner of the vehicle filed a police report and in September Spears was charged with misdemeanor counts of hit-and-run and driving without a valid license (she only had a driving permit from Louisiana).
In October the hit-and-run charges were dismissed after Spears reached an out-of-court settlement with the car's owner. The same month she was issued an interim driver's license by the state of California.
She is still facing a misdemeanor count of driving without a license. Her lawyer has entered a not guilty plea on her behalf for that charge. He said a plea was unnecessary because Spears had rectified the situation by recently getting a California driver's license.
The case was continued until February 20, 2008.
UPDATE:
Superior Court Judge T.K. Herman continued the misdemeanor case until March 20 after lawyer J. Michael Flanagan said Spears' conservatorship attorneys do not think she is qualified or capable of entering into a binding agreement at this time and is not capable of giving a deposition or signed declaration.
Earlier this month, a judge placed Spears under the conservatorship of her father and an attorney after more than a year of increasingly bizarre behavior by the singer.
UPDATE:
A hearing is scheduled for July 31 on whether her father will continue to have conservatorship over her. Once that is resolved, the misdemeanor driving without a license charge will be dealt with.
UPDATE:
Conservatorship has been continued to the end of the year.
UPDATE:
Conservatorship has been continued for the rest of her life.
In October the hit-and-run charges were dismissed after Spears reached an out-of-court settlement with the car's owner. The same month she was issued an interim driver's license by the state of California.
She is still facing a misdemeanor count of driving without a license. Her lawyer has entered a not guilty plea on her behalf for that charge. He said a plea was unnecessary because Spears had rectified the situation by recently getting a California driver's license.
The case was continued until February 20, 2008.
UPDATE:
Superior Court Judge T.K. Herman continued the misdemeanor case until March 20 after lawyer J. Michael Flanagan said Spears' conservatorship attorneys do not think she is qualified or capable of entering into a binding agreement at this time and is not capable of giving a deposition or signed declaration.
Earlier this month, a judge placed Spears under the conservatorship of her father and an attorney after more than a year of increasingly bizarre behavior by the singer.
UPDATE:
A hearing is scheduled for July 31 on whether her father will continue to have conservatorship over her. Once that is resolved, the misdemeanor driving without a license charge will be dealt with.
UPDATE:
Conservatorship has been continued to the end of the year.
UPDATE:
Conservatorship has been continued for the rest of her life.
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- Mexican_Investment_Group Mexican_Investment_Group May 3, 2009 @ 10:34 pm
- Now this is good stuff! We love Celeb gossip anyways, but this is the juicyyyy stuff! Nice job!
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