leading cops on a car chase in 1987. He got out after three years, and soon after that proved that he couldn’t be tamed – he led the police on another car chase.
Mike Tyson – 6 Years
Celebrity boxer, Mike Tyson was convicted of rape in 1992 and was imprisoned for ten years. The judge suspended the last four years and Tyson was paroled after serving three years.
O.J. Simpson – 9 Years
After his acquittal in the 1995 trial of the century, Judge Jackie Glass in 2008 sentenced Simpson to 9 to 33 years in the penitentiary for a range of charges including armed robbery, kidnapping, conspiracy and assault with a deadly weapon. O.J Simpson was released from prison on October 1, 2017
Meek Mill – 2 years
Meek Mill was sentenced to 2-4 years for violating his probation and driving dirt bikes in NYC.
Michael Vick – 23 Months
In August 2007, the quarterback pleaded guilty to federal felony dogfighting conspiracy charges. In December of that same year, he was sentenced to 23 months in federal prison. Vick was released from prison in July 2009.
Chris Brown
Musician Chris Brown was imprisoned for several months in 2014 after violating probation – a probationary period given after his violent assault of then-girlfriend Rihanna in 2009.
Ja Rule – 4 years
Ja Rule, the rapper and actor known for his role in The Cookout, got arrested in 2011 for unauthorized gun possession. He spent two years in jail for that crime but had his stay extended by an additional 28 months to run concurrently for tax evasion. After the terms of the original stint were over, he was moved from state to federal prison to serve the rest of his punishment.