Scott-heron To Serve Time For Breaking Rehab Deal
08 July 2006
Scott-heron To Serve Time For Breaking Rehab Deal
Music icon Gil Scott-Heron has been sentenced to two-to-four years behind bars for violating conditions of a plea bargain stemming from drug possession charges in 2001.
The REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED hitmaker, who is considered a pioneer of hip-hop, was served the sentence on Friday (07JUL06) in New York State Supreme Court.
The court heard that Heron violated the agreement by leaving an in-patient drug treatment centre, according to the New York Post.
According to the publication, Heron left the clinic after they stopped giving him his HIV medication.
The REVOLUTION WILL NOT BE TELEVISED hitmaker, who is considered a pioneer of hip-hop, was served the sentence on Friday (07JUL06) in New York State Supreme Court.
The court heard that Heron violated the agreement by leaving an in-patient drug treatment centre, according to the New York Post.
According to the publication, Heron left the clinic after they stopped giving him his HIV medication.
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