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Celebrities, like the remainder of us, are topic to the regulation once they commit crimes. Nonetheless, there’s a fancy dialog available about whether or not they obtain particular therapy throughout the justice system resulting from their wealth and fame.
The straightforward reality is that individuals with a historical past of giant success could develop larger confidence of their skills to deal with challenges and obtain their objectives, which may translate right into a willingness to pursue extra bold objectives and take larger dangers. After all whereas most well-known faces handle to keep away from committing crimes, there’ll all the time be those that by way of excessive warning to the wind and discover themselves in some fairly critical conditions.
Regardless of their notoriety, these 25 celebs fought the lengthy arm of the regulation for varied felony offenses.. and misplaced. Scroll under.
1. Joe Unique
Joe Unique, who gained famed following the discharge of the “Tiger King” Netflix doc, was convicted in 2019 of two counts of murder-for-hire, for making an attempt to rearrange the killing of his rival, Carole Baskin. Unique was additionally discovered responsible on a number of prices associated to wildlife violations. Joe illegally killed tigers to create space for different huge cats and falsified wildlife information to cover the gross sales of tigers and different endangered species
2. Mystikal
Mystikal is at present in jail in Louisiana, awaiting trial on a number of prices stemming from an alleged assault in July 2022. This isn’t his first time having hassle with the regulation, however this go spherical he’s bought fairly the laundry checklist of prices, which embrace:
- First-degree rape
- Home abuse battery by strangulation
- False imprisonment
- Easy theft
- Easy felony injury to property
- Possession of heroin
- Unlawful possession of Xanax
- Possession of methamphetamine
- Possession of marijuana
- Possession of drug paraphernalia
If convicted of first-degree rape within the present case, he faces a compulsory life sentence below Louisiana regulation.
3. Fetty Wap
Prosecutors say Fetty Wap was a “kilogram-level redistributor” for a corporation that distributed over 100 kilos of cocaine, heroin, fentanyl, and crack cocaine throughout Lengthy Island and New Jersey between roughly June 2019 and June 2020. The medication had been sourced from the West Coast and transported to New York, the place they had been saved and subsequently distributed to sellers.
4. Jared aka “The Subway Man”
Jared Fogle, previously often called the “Subway Man,” is in jail after pleading responsible to prices associated to little one pornography and fascinating in illicit sexual conduct with minors. He was sentenced to fifteen years and eight months in federal jail in November 2015.
Particularly, he pleaded responsible to:
- One rely of distributing and receiving little one pornography.
- One rely of touring throughout state traces to interact in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.
The investigation and prices in opposition to Fogle additionally concerned a co-conspirator, Russell Taylor, who was additionally convicted of kid exploitation and little one pornography prices. Fogle was initially identified for shedding a major quantity of weight by consuming Subway sandwiches, changing into a spokesperson for the corporate. Nonetheless, his public picture was shattered after the FBI raid on his residence in 2015 and the next revelations of his crimes.
5. Michael Jace
Whereas not fairly a family identify, Michael Jace is at present in jail for the homicide of his spouse, April Jace. He’s finest identified for his function as Officer Julien Lowe within the FX drama The Protect, and in addition appeared in movies akin to Forrest Gump, Boogie Nights, and Planet of the Apes. He was sentenced to 40 years to life in jail on June 10, 2016.
6. Josh Duggar
Josh Duggar, a former actuality tv character, is at present in jail for receiving and possessing little one pornography. He was convicted by a jury in December 2021 and sentenced in Might 2022 to over 12 years in federal jail. His sentence additionally contains registering as a intercourse offender and 20 years of supervised launch after his jail time period.
He’s serving his sentence at FCI Seagoville in Texas. Duggar’s appeals have been denied. His present earliest launch date is December 23, 2032.
7. “That 70s Present” Actor Danny Masterson
Danny Masterson is at present serving a 30-year to life jail sentence after being convicted of raping two girls in 2003. He was discovered responsible of two counts of forcible rape throughout a retrial in Might 2023, after a earlier trial led to a mistrial.
The assaults occurred at his Hollywood Hills residence throughout the time he was starring within the sitcom “That ‘70s Present”.
8. Ex-NFL Star Darren Sharper
Darren Sharper, a former NFL star, is at present in jail for drugging and raping quite a few girls in a number of states. His crimes spanned throughout California, Nevada, Louisiana, and Arizona, the place he pleaded responsible or no contest to numerous prices associated to sexual assault and drug distribution.
Sharper was sentenced in 2016 to 18 years in federal jail after admitting to drugging and raping girls.
9. Ex-MMA Fighter Warfare Machine
He was sentenced to 36 years to life in Nevada state jail and shall be eligible for parole when he’s 71 years outdated.
10. ‘Actual Housewife’ Jen Shah
Jen Shah, a former forged member of The Actual Housewives of Salt Lake Metropolis, is in jail after pleading responsible to conspiracy to commit wire fraud in reference to a telemarketing scheme that defrauded hundreds of individuals. Shah was accused of being a central determine in a long-running telemarketing scheme that focused and exploited susceptible people by promoting them nonexistent or nugatory “enterprise providers” with false guarantees of monetary safety.
11. Tay-Okay
Tay-Okay, whose actual identify is Taymor McIntyre, is in jail resulting from convictions for his involvement in two separate murders and a number of counts of aggravated theft. Tay-Okay gained fame throughout his time on the run for the primary homicide along with his music “The Race,” which was later used as proof in opposition to him throughout his sentencing section.
12. Money Out
He faces quite a few prices associated to intercourse trafficking and different offenses, together with rape, aggravated sodomy, human trafficking, and violating Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act. In response to prosecutors, he allegedly used his music profession and file label, Pyrez Music Group LLC, to lure girls into prostitution by way of deception and coercion
13. Sean Kingston
Sean Kingston, whose actual identify is Kisean Anderson, is at present in jail after being convicted alongside his mom, Janice Turner, for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and 4 counts of wire fraud. Kingston and his mom had been discovered responsible of orchestrating a scheme to defraud luxurious merchandise distributors out of over $1 million price of property.
14. U.S. Senator Robert Menendez
Former U.S. Senator Robert Menendez is in jail for bribery, fraud, and performing as a overseas agent. In 2023, Menendez, a Democrat representing New Jersey, was indicted on federal corruption prices, together with allegations that he used his place to profit the Egyptian authorities in change for bribes. He was later charged with conspiracy to behave as a overseas agent.
15. Former ‘Basketball Wives’ Character Brittish Williams
Brittish Williams, identified for her appearances on Basketball Wives, is in jail for committing a number of forms of fraud, totaling round $564,000 in stolen funds. She pleaded responsible to fifteen felonies in Might 2023, together with misuse of a Social Safety quantity, financial institution fraud, making false statements to the IRS, and wire fraud.
Williams acquired a sentence of 4 years in jail and 5 years of supervised launch, and was ordered to pay $564,069 in restitution. She is about to be launched on December 24, 2025.
16. ‘Love & Hip Hop’ Character Maurice “Mo” Fayne
Maurice “Mo” Fayne, a former forged member of Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta, is in jail for operating a Ponzi scheme and for fraudulently acquiring a Paycheck Safety Program (PPP) mortgage. In April 2020, Fayne utilized for a $3.7 million PPP mortgage for Flame Trucking, falsifying details about his workers and payroll.
In September 2021, he was sentenced to 17 and a half years in jail and ordered to pay $4.4 million in restitution to his victims.
17. U.S. Consultant George Santos
Former U.S. Consultant George Santos was sentenced to 87 months (over seven years) in federal jail on April 25, 2025, after pleading responsible to prices of wire fraud and aggravated identification theft. He’s anticipated to give up to the Federal Bureau of Prisons by July 25, 2025, to start serving his sentence.
18. Pras of The Fugees
Pras (Prakazrel Michel), a member of the Fugees, is going through potential jail time after being convicted on 10 felony counts in April 2023. The fees stem from a overseas affect case, the place he was discovered responsible of performing as an unregistered overseas agent and different associated crimes. He faces a most sentence of 20 years for probably the most critical prices.
Whereas the jury discovered him responsible, a sentencing date has not but been set. The fees embrace conspiracy, failing to register as an agent of China, and witness tampering.
19. Ryan Grantham
Ryan Grantham, a Canadian actor identified for roles in Riverdale and Diary of a Wimpy Child, is in jail for the second-degree homicide of his mom, Barbara Waite. He was sentenced to life in jail with parole ineligibility for 14 years.
20. Harvey Weinstein
Weinstein was initially sentenced to 16 years in jail for rape, compelled oral copulation, and third-degree sexual misconduct. His conviction was overturned in 2024, and he’s at present present process a retrial. Weinstein was discovered responsible of 1 rely of felony sexual act on June 11, 2025, and a mistrial was declared on one other rape cost.