While the lives of the celebrities seems perfect and idyllic, it’s not as picture-perfect as it may seem for a far. In fact, many A-listers have been jailed for serious crimes.
Here’s a list of famous celebrities, who were jailed for committing crimes:
Justin Bieber
Justin was arrested for driving under the influence and drag racing in Miami.
The Sorry crooner told police that he had been smoking marijuana and had taken prescription medication.
Bieber was charged with DUI, resisting arrest and driving without a valid driver’s license, leading to a 24-hour sentence in jail.
Justin then made a $50,000 donation to a youth charity along with committing to 12 hours of anger-management counseling.
He also accepted to attend a program about the impact of drunken driving on victims. The DUI charge was hence dropped.
Khloe Kardashian
In 2008, Khloe was arrested for a DUI, which we all saw on her reality show, Keeping Up With The Kardashians.
Kardashian was ordered to take an alcohol education class.
Khloe violated her probation by missing classes and was sentenced to 30 days in jail.
However since the prison was overcrowded so the reality television star spent just three hours in custody before she got released.
Nicki Minaj
Before becoming a singing sensation, Minaj was arrested by NYPD in 2003 while working as a waitress at Red Lobster for possession of a weapon with intent to use.
Bruno Mars
The Just The Way You Are star was arrested in the year 2010 in Las Vegas.
Mars was found with a bag of cocaine in a bathroom at the Hard Rock Hotel.
Bruno confessed in an interview six years later, “I was a young man! I was in Vegas. I wasn’t thinking.”
The charges were later dismissed.
Paris Hilton
After a slew of traffic violations in 2007, Paris was sentenced to forty five days in a women’s prison cell.
Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department release this mugshot of Paris on June 4, 2007 for trading in her designer clothes for jail garb on as she began serving a 23-day sentence for violating probation.
After four days of jail, her lawyer got her reassigned to monitored house arrest for the next forty days, due to a medical condition.
However the social media sensation was summoned to court the following day, where she was sentenced to serve her time inside the jail.
Hilton then served half of her sentence only as she was released for her good behavior and overcrowding.
Michael Jackson
King of pop Michael Jackson can be seen in this picture shot at Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department in Santa Barbara, California.
Jackson surrendered to legal authorities on suspicion of child molestation.
The Thriller singer was freed on a $3 million bond after he was booked, fingerprinted & photographed.
Chris Brown
On February 8, 2009, Brown and his then-girlfriend, famous singer Rihanna, had an argument in a car that escalated into physical violence.
Brown caused Rihanna visible severe facial injuries that required hospitalization for which he got sentenced.
On 2nd June, Brown pleaded guilty to a felony and accepted a plea deal of community labor, five years’ probation and domestic violence counseling.
Mike Tyson
In the year 1992, Mike’s boxing career came to a halt after being convicted of the rape of an 18-year-old in Indiana.
He was sentenced to six years in jail.
Mike however maintained that the incident was consensual.
He was released in 1995, almost half half way through of his sentence.
Robert Downey Jr.
Robert can be seen in a November 25, 2000 mug shot after he was charged with possession of hard drugs like methamphetamines and cocaine in Palm Springs, California.
He has faced multiple sentences of imprisonment throughout his life.
Everytime he went to jail, it was due to substance consumption.
As of 2024, the actor remains busy with his thriving film career.
Scott Disick
Before debuting with his famous reality show KUWTK, Scott was arrested for driving while intoxicated in the year2001.
Disick was 18 at that time. He was pled guilty to driving while under the influence of alcohol.
In 2014, Khloé shared his mugshot on Instagram while wishing him on his birthday.
Lindsay Lohan
Lindsay can be seen posing for her booking mugshot at the Lynwood Correctional Facility in Lynwood, California. This was shot on July 20, 2010.
Lohan surrendered at the Beverly Hills Municipal Courthouse for a 90-day jail sentence for violating the terms of her probation on drunk driving charges by missing alcohol education classes.
Snoop Dogg
Singer & rapper Calvin Broadus, a.k.a Snoop Dogg, is seen in this mugshot released by the Orange County Sheriff’s Department on November 6, 2006.
The talented singer surrendered to authorities after an arrest warrant was issued charging him with possession of a deadly weapon.
He posted $150,000 bail and was released.
Charlie Sheen
Charlie was pictured by the Aspen Police Department on December 25, 2009, when he was arrested on for second degree assault and criminal mischief.
All charges were coupled with a domestic violence component.
Blac Chyna
Blac was briefly kept in police custody in 2016 after she was arrested for public intoxication and possession of a controlled substance.
The KUWTK alum allegedly verbally abused a bartender at an airport when he refused her further service after she boarded her plane.
When the police arrived, they allegedly found ecstasy in her bag.
Her former partner Rob Kardashain picked her up from their.
Martha Stewart
Martha served 5 months in jail for lying to investigators about stock sales that went down in 2004.
She was imprisoned at the Alderson Federal Prison Camp in West Virginia.
Stewart was released in March 2005.
Sean Penn
Actor Sean Penn was arrested in 1987 for punching an extra on the set of Colors.
He was sentenced to 60 days in jail and served 33 days.
Bill Cosby
Bill was sentenced to 10 years in prison in 2018 for drugging and sexually assaulting Andrea Constand in 2004 at his home.
More women came forward later with similar allegations.
The conviction was overturned and Bill was released from the prison in 2021.
Felicity Huffman
Felicity spent 2 weeks in the prison following the Varsity Blues scandal.
She was pleaded guilty to conspiracy and fraud.
Huffman paid $15,000 to have her daughter’s SAT test scores corrected.
Lil Wayne
Wayne was sentenced to one year behind bars in 2010 after an unlicensed weapon (gun) was found in his tour bus in the year 2007.
The acclaimed singer served 8 months in prison before being released.
He even published a memoir about his struggle and difficulties during imprisonment in January 2012.
Today Wayne is thriving as a pop star.
Harvey Weinstein
Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison in March 2020, after he was found guilty of criminal sexual acts and rape in the third degree.
Michelle Rodriguez
The Fast & Furious actor spent 48 hours in jail in 2004 after pleading no contest to a hit and run, driving with a suspended license and drunk driving case.
Michelle was sentenced to a three-month alcohol program, community service, and three years of probation.
Nicolas Cage
Nicolas was arrested in 2011, after he was spotted arguing with his wife Alice in New Orleans.
He was in an intoxicated state.
After allegedly taunting the police, he was arrested.
Cage was charged with domestic abuse and disturbing the police.
He was released later that day and the charges were dropped.
Chace Crawford
The Gossip Girl alum was arrested for possession of marijuana in 2010.
He requested a plea deal that would erase the charge from his record once he completed the community service and also if he didn’t get caught doing anything illegal ever again.
