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Barenaked Guy Stripped of Serious Drug Rap

Posted Oct 29th 2008 3:30AM by TMZ Staff

Barenaked Ladies' singer-guitarist Steven Page could get drug charges tossed if he stays away from the sniffy jiffy for six months.

Last night, in court in upstate New York, Page had his felony cocaine possession charge hacked down to a misdemeanor. Page was also granted something called "an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal," which means the misdemeanor drug rap he's still facing could get dismissed altogether if he stays out of trouble for six months.

Page was caught with a vial of white powder back in July sitting in his apartment.

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1. Shame that.
Nuff said.

Posted at 8:12AM on Oct 29th 2008 by VioletteUK

2. Who would've guessed? The guy is not a lady and he's seldom barenaked. He should have just turned himself in.

Posted at 9:16AM on Oct 29th 2008 by Luke Warmwater

3. this is totally a fair "punishment". he has no arrest record and people have gotten less punishment for bigger crimes. i am a HUGE BNL fan and i am glad to know they won't be banned from the US!

Posted at 3:11PM on Oct 29th 2008 by kelli

4. Oh Steven why?. You've been given another chance, please take it and turn your life around for the better.

Posted at 9:23AM on Oct 29th 2008 by katie

5. Another celeb with special priveledges, they really don't live in the real world. SAD!

Posted at 9:49AM on Oct 29th 2008 by chewie

6. He sings kids songs. Shame on you. Paging Dr. Drew please help this loser get he's Sh@@ together. Next we'll hear that Barney has a prescription drug problem.

Posted at 9:52AM on Oct 29th 2008 by jerseymomma

7. Moron, you just kissed your tours across the border, goodbye. Hope you are happy JUST touring, O'Canada!

Posted at 10:08AM on Oct 29th 2008 by AttitudeDude

8. Another celeb with special priveledges, they really don't live in the real world. SAD!

oh please. i'm so sick of all this "special treatment" crap I hear when celebrities get arrested. Pretty much anywhere in the country, your first (non violent) offense will be treated much less severely and usually gets dropped if you follow their rules... UNLESS you are a loud mouth wise ass, and they throw the book at you b/c of your bad attitude. So please stop with all this special treatment nonsense. It's annoying.

Posted at 11:15AM on Oct 29th 2008 by sam

9. First off, wasn't his house. It was an apartment, and it belonged to a lady named Christine Benedicto. They were inside, and the cops looked in the window and saw them sitting at a kitchen table.
Secondly, they did one--ONE!!-- kids album. For their own kids. I still let my kid listen, it's a fabulous album. It's not like here in America the world follows the BNL guys and everyone knows what's going on... my daughter doesn't even know about this, and loves teh BNL. I've taken her to their concerts and I will again.
lastly, who are you people to pass judgement? That's what the JUDGE is there to do.

Posted at 12:54PM on Oct 29th 2008 by Crazy_Atheist

10. I didn't know people outside of canada even knew who he was.

Posted at 12:56PM on Oct 29th 2008 by TJ

11. Nah, he didn't get special treatment. I got the same ACOD "sentence" but with 20 hours community service attached for a similar offense back when I was in college...luckily my first and only offense. I am certainly no celeb! The sentence was fair (for both of us) for a first offense.

Posted at 6:21PM on Oct 30th 2008 by Brian