Posted on 12/28/2005 10:08:46 AM PST by kiriath_jearim
Rapper handcuffed in court fracas
Rapper Foxy Brown was handcuffed and threatened with jail after she stuck her tongue out at a New York judge who asked her to stop chewing gum.
Judge Melissa Jackson told the singer, whose real name is Inga Marchand, she had showed disrespect to the court.
While she was being handcuffed, Ms Marchand shouted at a court officer and, Judge Jackson said, hit her.
Ms Marchand is expected to plead guilty to assaulting two nail salon workers during a row over payment.
The guilty plea is expected to come as part of a plea bargaining deal, which would enable her to get a non-custodial sentence.
But the deal has hit a snag, apparently because the judge is not satisfied with Ms Marchand's plea statement.
Bangles row
As Judge Jackson set a date of 23 January for Ms Marchand, 25, to return, she said to the rapper's lawyer Joseph Fleming: "Counsel, she has gum in her mouth."
Mr Fleming denied his client was chewing gum, and told the judge the rapper could not hear her. She has been diagnosed with sudden hearing loss.
Ms Marchand opened her mouth and wagged her tongue as if to show her mouth was empty. Judge Jackson ordered the rapper to be handcuffed to the defendants' bench.
But a row erupted with the court officer, with Ms Marchand complaining the bangles and bracelets on her left wrist were "in the way".
Plea bargain
The judge gave Ms Marchand two chances to apologise, or face a $1,000 fine for contempt of court. After a second meeting with her lawyer, Ms Marchand apologised.
Prosecutors allege Ms Marchand, with a mobile phone in her closed fist, attacked and kicked one nail bar worker, and hit a second worker in the face in the incident in August 2004.
Under a plea deal discussed at her last court appearance, she would have pleaded guilty to misdemeanour assault and served 10 days' community service.
Ms Marchand, who has recorded with Jay-Z and Method Man, scored a US number one with her Chyna Doll album in 1999.
Oh Brother! Could she have yelled any louder or longer?? What a drama queen!
Actually, he warned her six times!
She tazed really good!
I don't think she'll be impolite next time.
That zap turned her smart elic ass into a sniveling crybaby, I only wish I had a better view of her flopping on the pavement.
That is a wild video. Talk about changing attitudes...
I saw that one before. He definitely deserved it...
From the last video, a masterpiece of understatement: “She’s a bit melodramatic about the whole thing.”
Well, now we know where Tariq Azziz's glasses went.
"She has been diagnosed with sudden hearing loss."
Is that a new defense, like temporary insanity?
LOL
What a glutton for punishment.
He deserved every one of them too.
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AppyPappy, you should be a court reporter.
You even resisted using the word "ho", which should appear in your sequel.
Thanks for the belly laugh!
That Yuma AZ one if hilarious.
I think his girlfriend or wife would have liked
to zap him a time or 2 herself.
A keeper from "Disorder in the Court"
Q: You were not shot in the fracas?
A: No, I was shot midway between the fracas and the navel.
You da' man!
My Dad lives in Boynton, I wonder if he remembers this story? Certainly there must be a lawsuit pending..
Here is the full version and a much better quality version of that sassy wench getting tazed. This video shows the actual pullover and how nasty she started out...
Some People Just Need Tazing
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That's not the Foxy Brown I know. Pam Grier is the REAL Foxy Brown (Begins drooling on keyboard).
Word!
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