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Barkley Catches Huge Break -- Jail Time Reduced!

Charles BarkleyTMZ has learned Charles Barkley will only have to serve three days in an Arizona jail -- not the five he was expected to serve.

The Scottsdale City court tells TMZ the City Prosecutor recommended the reduction in punishment for his December 31st DUI bust, but it's unclear why the change was made.

Barkley was originally sentenced to 10 days in jail -- but he had the option of only doing five days if he completed an alcohol education program.

He will begin his sentence at Tent City Jail -- where they make the inmates wear pink -- on March 21.




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1. Does he still have to wear the pink undies?

Posted at 12:42PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Jesus Saves with Geico

2. only 3 days in tent city? thats crazy didnt he have an extreme dui ?for us normal people thats like 30 days minimum in the tents thats just turrabul turrabul turrabul turrabul hahahaha

Posted at 12:43PM on Mar 6th 2009 by jdub420

3. This guy has been getting a pass and breaks since junior high---the pampered athlete, the guy who is above all the rest of his peers, ever since junior high. Dont even think for one second this guy wont be in trouble again with women or booze---he has been quite public about how he is not going to quit drinking but just "get it under control"...ok big guy, you've met your match when it comes to alcoholism----as a disease it doesnt distinguish between a good sports star and a street bum in taking its toll.

Keep getting the breaks, keep flapping the jaws, keep fooling yourself that you got this thing "licked" because you had to stay inside and hide for a month...With the addicitons you have in gambling, sex and drinking, one of the three will get you.

This guy will be dead in 5 years or put in jail or the nuthouse, if he doesnt get serious long term treatment for why he was driving around drunk looking for bj's. Wonder what story he told his wife and daugther about the bj part?

So sorry once again the junior high basketball star gets a break after screwing up. He's nothing more than a 7th grade bully with a racist mouth who never had to pay the dues that non sports starts had to growing up. No wonder he wants to beat up people smaller than himself.

Posted at 12:53PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Help Yourself Now

4. That'll teach him!

Posted at 12:49PM on Mar 6th 2009 by rainbow68

5. no..he doesnt they only make the people who are in population wear em but I hated tents hes gonna have a hell of a time!

Posted at 12:53PM on Mar 6th 2009 by matt

6. Help Yourself Now, you are supposed to post comments here, not essays. Also Barkely is not spoiled, papmpered, or catching a big break. He is still going to jail. They only knocked off two days.

Posted at 1:04PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Rob

7. Azz-Wipe should have served the entire 10 days...WTF...celeb's get all the F---en breaks imaginable,
NOTE to regular , ordinary citizen's: "DON'T TRY TO PULL ANY STUNTS THAT CELEB"S DO"..OR YOU WILL FIND YOURSELVES UNDER THE PH---CKING JAIL"

Posted at 1:13PM on Mar 6th 2009 by FONZWORTH V. BRIGHTLY

8. I hope he enjoys Sheriff Joe's hospitality. By March 21st it's gonna be plenty hot living in that tent city in Arizona! He should have had to serve his entire 10 days. He's an idiot!

Posted at 1:20PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Sheriff Joe

9. MONEY TALKS THE CELEBRITY WALKS HE IS AN ARROGANT SPOILED LOSER

Posted at 1:27PM on Mar 6th 2009 by shawna

10. ..."but it's unclear why the change was made."

An under-the-table handshake?

Posted at 1:35PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Lyn

11. wow, another celeb that gets a reduced sentence for dui. I think the judicial system should make an example of celebs and give them the maximum penalty possible.

Posted at 3:17PM on Mar 6th 2009 by dagon6524

12. "This guy will be dead in 5 years or put in jail or the nuthouse, if he doesnt get serious long term treatment for why he was driving around drunk looking for bj's."

Huh? I am not sure what planet you are from. This is normal behavior for guys on planet earth.

Posted at 3:30PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Josh

13. The three days he gets isn't even three days. He's on work release, so he just has to spend nights in tent city. It amounts to about thirty hors jail time. I guess he gave the sheriff the hookers phone number or courtside seats to get this kind of treatment. I'm sure there are inmates there doing much more time for the same offense.

Posted at 4:05PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Blind justice

14.
Serving only 60% of the sentence is fairly common, even for violent offenders if they keep their noses clean while in the clink. So no reason to get all up in arms over it.

Also, to clarify, they don't wear pink outerwear, they wear pink underwear. So they are not walking around in pink jumpsuits or anything.

And Charles isn't going to the part of tent city where they wear that anyway. He is going to be wearing his own clothes.

Seriously, this is just not really that big a deal.

Posted at 7:27PM on Mar 6th 2009 by No Big Deal

15. To number 14 No Big Deal- Do you work at tent city, or did you do time there? You seem to know so much more than the rest of us. I wish we were all as smart as you. I guess drinking and driving is no big deal. Let's all do it.

Posted at 9:28PM on Mar 6th 2009 by Deal or No Big Deal

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