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January 10, 2006
Sigel Convicted! Ain't No Big Thing
Rapper Beanie Sigel faced simple assault charges today in the alleged January 2003 beatdown of Wendell Mathis.
In a suitably unusual proceeding, Sigel and his attorney Fred Perri stipulated to all the evidence that would've been presented—like, say, Mathis' broken eye socket. Judge Marsha Neifield then convicted him and sentenced him to two years probation.
So let's tally this up: That's two years probation with the commonwealth. Plus the two years probation he was already serving in a federal gun possession case.
Add those together and you get double-secret triple-skippy hip-hop probation! Or is it ... double-secret tiny-cell-phone big-Bentley probation!
Whatever. Sigel's day isn't over yet—and neither is ours. Next up: The big man is going to court at 1 p.m. in a civil contempt case for failure to pay child support.
Close followers of Mr. Sigel's travails may remember that just nine weeks ago he dealt with the same charge on a day that will live in infamy. Check out "Beanie! Say It Ain't So!" for all the ignoble details.
Posted by steve at January 10, 2006 11:39 AM
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