{"id":1766,"date":"2024-11-26T09:43:15","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T06:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/?p=1766"},"modified":"2024-11-26T09:48:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T06:48:07","slug":"11-celebrities-you-didnt-know-were-incarcerated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/trustedresponse.net\/index.php\/2024\/11\/26\/11-celebrities-you-didnt-know-were-incarcerated\/","title":{"rendered":"11 Celebrities You Didn\u2019t Know Were Incarcerated"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The US carceral state, responsible for housing one fifth of the global prison population despite Americans making up less than 5% of the world population, has ballooned enormously since the beginning of the war on drugs in the early 1970s. With nearly 75% of US states containing more prisons than colleges or universities, mass incarceration in the United States has even managed to circumvent the power and status of celebrity.<\/p>\n

1) Mark Wahlberg<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"Mark<\/p>\n

In April 1988 the former rapper, age 16 at the time, carried out a series of brutal racially motivated assaults on 2 Vietnamese men while high on PCP. Wahlberg would later be convicted of felony assault and sentenced to 2 years in prison, a term he would serve less than 2 months of. The\u00a0Ted\u00a0<\/em>star would publicly apologize for his actions in 2006 and later seek a pardon for his convictions in 2014. Wahlberg would later rescind his request for clemency following public controversy in opposition to the motion.<\/p>\n

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2) Martha Stewart<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Martha<\/p>\n

The homemaking maven ignited a media frenzy in June 2003 following her indictment on 9 counts by the SEC relating to her role in the ImClone stock trading case. Stewart would later be convicted of 4 counts of obstruction of justice and lying to investigators, resulting in a 5 month stint in a West Virginia correctional facility. Despite this, Stewart was able to reclaim and rehabilitate her image of domestic perfection following her release in March 2005.<\/p>\n

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3) Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian<\/h3>\n

\"Khlo\u00e9<\/p>\n

Good American founder Khlo\u00e9 Kardashian would be sentenced to jail in 2008 following probation violations stemming from her 2007 DUI arrest. Despite being sentenced to 30 days, Kardashian would be released just 3 hours into her incarceration due to prison overcrowding.<\/p>\n

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4) Zsa Zsa Gabor<\/h3>\n

\"Zsa<\/p>\n

In 1989, after being stopped for a traffic violation in Beverly Hills, the Hungarian-American socialite slapped the police officer who had pulled her over. After refusing community service in a plea deal, Gabor was sentenced to 3 days in prison, completing her stint from July 27th to July 30th 1990.<\/p>\n

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5) Wesley Snipes<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Wesley<\/p>\n

After failing to report and pay income taxes from 1999 to 2004, the US government would charge and later convict Snipes of willful failure to file federal income tax returns. The ruling resulted in a 3-year prison sentence that Snipes would begin serving in December 2010 at a Pennsylvania correctional facility. Snipes would be released from prison in April 2013 and complete his period of house arrest in July 2013.<\/p>\n

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6) Tim Allen<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Tim<\/p>\n

In October 1978, more than a decade before rising to fame with his starring role in\u00a0Home Improvement<\/em>, Allen was arrested in an airport for possession of 650 grams of cocaine. Allen was able to avoid life imprisonment through a plea deal in which he provided the feds with the names of other dealers in exchange for a reduced sentence of 3-7 years. The\u00a0Last Man Standing\u00a0<\/em>actor would be paroled in June 1981 after serving more than 2 years of his sentence.<\/p>\n

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7) Mike Tyson<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Mike<\/p>\n

Former boxer and current pigeon enthusiast Mike Tyson was arrested in July 1991 for raping an 18 year-old girl in an Indianapolis hotel room. The heavyweight champion would be convicted of the charge in February 1992 and subsequently sentenced to 6 years in a federal correctional facility, a sentence he would serve less than half of. As a result of his conviction, Tyson is required by federal law to register as a tier II sex offender for the remainder of his life.<\/p>\n

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8) Sean Penn<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Sean<\/p>\n

In 1987, while starring alongside Robert Duvall in the police procedural film\u00a0Colors<\/em>, Penn had an onset tantrum where he repeatedly punched an extra working on the film. Penn was convicted of assault in June of that same year and subsequently served 33 days of a 60 day jail sentence.<\/p>\n

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9) Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Mike<\/p>\n

Following the massive success of\u00a0Jersey Shore<\/em>, Sorrentino became the second highest earning reality star in 2010 with reports of earnings exceeding $5 million, second only to Kim Kardashian. In September 2014 Sorrentino would find himself in a sticky, litigious \u201csituation\u201d after he\u2019d been charged with tax fraud for failing to pay income tax on roughly $8.9 million in earnings.<\/p>\n

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10) 50 Cent<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"50<\/p>\n

Following his ascent to de facto leadership of the East Coast rap group G-Unit, 50 Cent (born Curtis James Jackson III) rose to become one of the most influential men in the music industry. Prior to finding mainstream success, Jackson sold crack cocaine, a practice he\u2019d begun at the age of 12. At 19, Jackson would be arrested for attempting to sell cocaine to an undercover police officer, carrying a possible sentence of 3-9 years in prison. Jackson was able to have his sentence reduced to a 6 month stint in a correctional boot camp in New York where he was able to obtain his GED.<\/p>\n

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11) Paris Hilton<\/span><\/h3>\n

\"Paris<\/p>\n

In May 2007, the hotel heiress turned disc jockey was sentenced to 45 days in jail due to violating the conditions of her probation stemming from a slew of traffic violations. Hilton would report to a women\u2019s prison in Lynwood, California on June 7, 2007 to complete her sentence. After just 19 days, Hilton would be released on June 26, 2007.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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