Montana Fishburne just scored the sentence she wanted in her criminal battery case.


Montana pled no contest this AM to assault with a deadly weapon, battery and trespass .... and was sentenced to 180 days in a rehab facility.

Montana allegedly beat the crap out of her boyfriend's former girlfriend.

As TMZ first reported, this is the deal Montana's lawyer, Shawn Holley was fighting for, over the objection of prosecutors.  Holley claimed the prosecutor initially agreed to rehab, but then reneged on the deal, demanding jail instead.

But today Holley prevailed.  Montana has been in rehab for 5 months.

Montana Fishburne faked a suicide attempt and it was all caught on video ... TMZ has learned.


Sources tell us that last August, Montana's dad, Laurence Fishburne, was so concerned about his daughter's well-being that he had a private investigator follow her around. The investigator shot video of Montana drinking what appeared to be bleach.

Turns out, Montana faked the whole thing. Sources say she found out a P.I. was videotaping her and drank the bleach "to put on a show."

The tape has become relevant in the ongoing criminal assault case against Montana because her lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, had sent the tape to the prosecutor to demonstrate her client's troubled mental state and help get a plea deal that involved rehab, not jail time. The prosecutor agreed to the deal, but has since disavowed it and wants her to do jail time.

The prosecutor argues in legal papers, obtained by TMZ, that the video "was just a ploy by the defendant to manipulate the People to offer a more lenient sentence."

But we've learned, shortly after sending the video to the prosecutor, Holley learned it was fake and actually notified the prosecutor everyone had been duped by it.

Holley is asking the judge to enforce the original deal -- rehab and no jail.  The prosecutor is steadfast and does not want to honor that deal.

Montana Fishburne's prosecutor invoked a legal precedent first established by women and Bobby Brown -- it's his prerogative to back out of a plea deal at anytime ... this according to legal docs.


According to the docs -- filed by Montana's attorney Shawn Chapman Holley --  the prosecutor's explanation for pulling a more lenient plea deal was it took too long to reach the agreement ... and "that as a prosecutor he is entitled to change his mind."

As we first reported, Holley claims the prosecutor in Montana's assault case had originally agreed to a plea deal that included no jail time -- but now wants Montana to serve 120 days.

Montana Fishburne believes she's been duped by prosecutors who she says went back on a plea deal she struck, and her lawyer has now gone to court to try and enforce the agreement ... TMZ has learned.



TMZ has learned Montana's lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, filed blistering legal papers in L.A. Wednesday, claiming last June, prosecutors who filed the assault case agreed to allow Montana to enter a rehab program for 90 days, and in return she'd get no jail time.

Holley says Montana, relying on the L.A. City Attorney's offer, entered a rehab facility, where she's been since September. 

According to Holley, prosecutors did an about-face in November and told her they wanted Montana to serve 120 days in jail.

Now Holley has gone to the judge, asking her to enforce the deal her client relied on.

TMZ has learned ... Montana has now decided to spend 180 days in the rehab facility.

We took your questions today on everything -- including Jennifer Lopez signing on with "American Idol", George Michael sentenced to 8 weeks in jail, and Montana Fishburne trying to get her life back together.


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Montana Fishburne says she's heading to an inpatient facility in California for all the right reasons .... because according to the recently minted sex tape star, she's "just trying to get my life together."


As we first reported, Montana -- who's awaiting trial for allegedly beating up her boyfriend's ex -- has decided to spend at least 30 days at a facility in Southern California to work out some issues.

Montana Fishburne -- aspiring sex tape star and daughter of Laurence Fishburne -- is checking herself into an inpatient facility that specializes in anger management, behavioral problems and mental illnesses ... sources tell TMZ.


We're told the facility is in Southern California and Montana will be there at least 30 days. Sources say part of Montana's stay will be devoted to anger issues, but she'll also undergo diagnostic tests to determine if there are underlying behavioral or mental issues.

Montana is currently awaiting trial for allegedly beating up the ex-girlfriend of her current boyfriend. 

Sources say Laurence Fishburne is unaware that Montana has decided to seek help.

Montana's lawyer, Shawn Chapman Holley, could not be reached for comment.

The world scoffed when Montana Fishburne said she was going to follow Kim Kardashian's sex tape path to stardom, but wouldn't you know it -- she's already landed a legit modeling gig.


Montana has parlayed her sex tape fame into a deal posing for Bullett magazine. And if you had "posing topless" in your Montana Fishburne Career Trajectory pool, we're sorry to tell you ... she's fully clothed!

Kim K. would be proud.

Montana Fishburne claims she finally broke the ice with her dad after releasing that hardcore sex tape -- telling us, the formerly feuding father-daughter combo are "working on things."


TMZ ran into Montana in L.A. yesterday, where she told us her dad Laurence Fishburne is coming to terms with the whole my-daughter-is-a-porn-star thing ... claiming, "Me and my dad are great."

As we first reported, Montana claimed Laurence had stopped talking to her over her XXX career move -- but according to our sources, it didn't stop him from paying Montana's legal bills.

Montana Fishburne just plead not guilty to assault with a deadly weapon and false imprisonment -- after she allegedly beat the crap out of her boyfriend's ex-girlfriend earlier this year.



Fishburne -- who was not in court in L.A. today but was represented by Lindsay Lohan's lawyer Shawn Chapman Holley -- has previously pled not guilty to one count of battery.

As we first reported, Montana and her boyfriend Jerome Greene were arrested after they allegedly barged into the alleged victim's home back in February ... and then forced the woman into the bathroom and beat the daylights out of her.

Greene has already pled no contest in the case to domestic violence.

Montana's next hearing is scheduled for September 28.

Montana Fishburne really is trying to follow Kim Kardashian's path to fame ... because TMZ has learned Montana recently did a nude "test" photo shoot for Playboy Magazine.


We're told the photos -- in which Montana goes full-frontal -- were taken BEFORE anyone knew about Fishburne's sex tape.

As you may know, Kardashian was also featured in Playboy in 2007 -- after her sex tape went public.