Celebrity Justice
Foxy Brown Gets a Year in the Slammer!

Foxy Brown will spend the next year in jail for violating her probation -- and she's going straight back to a cell on Rikers Island, where she's spent the last two weeks.
Breaking News: Foxy Brown
TMZ was in the courtroom when it all went down, and Judge Melissa Jackson slammed Foxy's pleas for mercy, calling her a "great actress," and saying that if this were the first time she'd apologized, she might be believable, but not now. We're told that Foxy was visibly distraught by the verdict, and her mother refused to talk to reporters outside. Foxy originally was sentenced to the probation after an assault on two employees at a nail salon in Manhattan.

Outside the courtroom, cops from New Jersey -- where she allegedly lied to cops about her birthdate and state of residence -- told TMZ that she got what she deserved. Interesting note: if she serves the full term, Foxy will give birth in prison.

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The bad news didn't end there for Foxy (real name: Inga Marchand), as she was also indicted in Kings County for her alleged attack on a Brooklyn woman with a BlackBerry. What's more, she was indicted on charges of battery in connection with an incident at a Florida hair salon in February.

Her lawyer Alan Stutman told TMZ that he thought the punishment was "unfair." TMZ has learned that Foxy will be transported later tonight to a women's facility on Rikers Island where she will serve her sentence, during which she will be eligible for parole in eight months -- if she behaves, that is.

Reader Comments

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61. Anybody ever wonder if maybe Foxy got pregnant on purpose to try to help her out with her sentencing? Just a thought. Hope that's not the case for the childs sake.

Posted at 7:40PM on Sep 7th 2007 by babygirl

62. There is nothing Foxy about Brown-she is UGLYYYYYYYYY

Posted at 7:52PM on Sep 7th 2007 by Sam

63. It's a shame Lindsey Lowhore didn't have the same judge!

Posted at 7:53PM on Sep 7th 2007 by Bill

64. I DO FEEL SAD FOR FOXY HAVING TO BE PREGNANT IN PRISON. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT CARRYING A CHILD.

HOWEVER, OBVIOUSLY FOXY WAS NOT CONCERNED WITH HER UNBORN CHILD'S WELFARE, OR SHE WOULD HAVE THOUGHT TWICE BEFORE VIOLATING HER PROBATION.

WHAT WAS HER CRAZY A** DOING TRYING TO FIGHT SOMEBODY WHILE SHE IS PREGNANT ANYWAY. SHE NEEDS THIS TIME TO THINK ABOUT HER ACTIONS.

Posted at 7:43PM on Sep 7th 2007 by BLESSED

65. Lindsey should have done at least six months, NOT counting Rehab. She is just as guilty of assault as this crazy woman. I feel sorry for Foxys baby, but not because she is going to be born in jail, I feel sorry because she will have to spend her whole life with a person that is known to be violent over nothing. Paris and Nicole did wrong, yes indeed, but looking at the big picture they were just your average offenders. Nothing average about Foxy.

Posted at 7:48PM on Sep 7th 2007 by Oh no, not the race card again

66. She hasn't had a hit in years.....and what she did have was more or less by default. She's hella overrated. She can catch a brick as far as I'm concerned. Good riddance. I'll wait 4 Li'l Kim and MC Lyte 2 come back and give the men in the rap game a reason 2 fear.....

Posted at 2:08AM on Sep 8th 2007 by Dezi

67. Shame Lindsey Lowhore didn't have the same judge

Posted at 7:57PM on Sep 7th 2007 by Wheres the justice

68. SUES - Please I beg you - take a class in critical thinking. Your thoughts are discombobulated, (besides being extremely hostile). Please.

Posted at 8:02PM on Sep 7th 2007 by NYNY

69. She violated probation.........She already went in front of the judge for the original offence.
She has had her chance to prove she can a law abiding citizen. She lied to an officer about her birth date, that is an offense on its own, never mind beating people with her blackberry.
The girl has real anger issues and should keep her hands to herself. She better spend the time in jail for those anger issues so she doesn't start beating her kid.
People need to start taking responsibility for thier actions . It is against the law to go around beating people. And as far as Nicole goes, she didn't beat someone else up and the 2 cases are totaly different

Posted at 7:58PM on Sep 7th 2007 by Janice

70. SCANDALOUS, Gil Noble is the best. He was extremely influential to broadening my consiousness and thinking, i.e, there was a great big world outside of the small white LI beach town that I grew up in. I was thinking of him just the other day. Also, Anderson Cooper has been on the story the past few weeks. Thanks for your considerate thoughts. MKM

Posted at 8:02PM on Sep 7th 2007 by NYNY

71. good for her!
she deserves her time and then some.
the way she treats people at department stores thinking shes something
spitting in peoples faces
hitting people in the head with cell phones
hopefully she does bad behaviour and stays locked up longer!

Posted at 9:39PM on Sep 7th 2007 by roy

72. At least NEW YORK State knows how to prosecute someone.

None of this mamby pamby 82 hours in jail. It's not the worst she could have gotten, but it is better than what the "celebrities" in California get.

Go New York!

Posted at 8:13PM on Sep 7th 2007 by Justice

73. WTF!?

White Girls Talley (except Nicole, who is half black).
1. Paris Hilton - A DUI and violation of probation = 23 Days in jail.
2. Lindsay Lohan - 2 DUI's and cocaine found on her person = NO TIME in jail.
3. Nicole Richie - 2 DUI's and admittance of marijuana and other drugs PLUS driving on the wrong side of the freeway = 82 MINUTES in jail.
4. Martha Stewart - Fraud = 6 months in jail (others have done MUCH more for the same offense).

Black Girls Talley
4. Naomi Campbell - Same offenses as Foxy Brown = Community Service and NO TIME in jail.
5. Lil' Kim - Perjury = 1 year in jail.
6. Foxy Brown - Same offenses as Naomi = 1 YEAR IN JAIL.

How do YOU spell RACISM?

And for the record, I'm a white MALE. I think the system is seriously flawed.

Posted at 10:14PM on Sep 13th 2007 by Maldoror

74. You know this is one of the greatest examples of how ethnically biased our country's legal system is. Where is Al Sharpton when you really need him? Yes, she broke the law and should be punished accordingly but why is it that when a WHITE celebrity breaks the law and endagers other people's lives they serve 23 days (paris) 1 day (lindsey) or at best 1 1/2 hours (nicole) But let a BLACK celebrity break the law and they're serving full sentences (lil kim, foxy etc.) I guess that 14th ammendment and all that marching Dr. King did isn't going as far as planned... how sad

WAKE UP PEOPLE can't you see the injustice? I think it's sad that there is such variation within our legal system

Posted at 12:49AM on Sep 8th 2007 by Miss Raine

75. Hope she serves the entire sentence. None of this time off for good behavior crap!

Posted at 8:17PM on Sep 7th 2007 by bIUBBULa

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