FACTBOX: Celebrities get range of punishments in U.S.

Fri Jul 27, 2007 3:27pm EDT
 
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(Reuters) - Socialite Nicole Richie was sentenced on Friday to four days in jail for driving under the influence of drugs.

Following are some recent sentences for celebrities who have run afoul of the law in the United States.

* PARIS HILTON, hotel heiress, served 23 days in jail in California's Los Angeles County in June for violating probation of an alcohol-related driving incident.

* NAOMI CAMPBELL, fashion model, spent five days community service mopping floors and cleaning toilets at a New York garbage depot in March after pleading guilty to assaulting a housekeeper.

* MEL GIBSON, actor/director, sentenced to three years probation, one-year mandatory alcohol-rehabilitation program for July 2006 drunken driving conviction.

* MARTHA STEWART, U.S. home guru, served five months in prison in 2005 for lying to investigators about a stock trade.

* NICK NOLTE, actor, was given three years probation and 90 days drug rehabilitation for driving under influence of drugs in 2002.

* BOY GEORGE, British pop singer, sentenced to five days community service in 2006 sweeping streets in New York for falsely reporting a burglary.

* COURTNEY LOVE, singer, got three years probation and six months mandatory drug rehabilitation for various drug and assault charges in 2005.

* OMAR SHARIF, actor, was given two years probation and anger-management counseling for 2005 assault on a Beverly Hills parking attendant.

* LIL'KIM, rapper, served 10 months in prison for perjury in case of 2001 rival rapper shootout.

* SNOOP DOGG, rapper, got a three-year suspended jail sentence and 800 hours community service for 2006 gun and drug-possession charges.

* WINONA RYDER, actress, got three years probation and 480 hours community service for 2001 Beverly Hills, California, shoplifting case.

* ROBERT DOWNEY Jr., actor, served one year in prison in 1999 for cocaine possession.

 

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