Jessica
Sierra Wins Back Freedom
1/7/08
Disgraced former American
Idol contestant Jessica Sierra is to be released from jail - on the
condition she returns to rehab.
The 22-year-old is currently being held on remand at the Falkenburg
Road Jail in Florida after her December (07) arrest following a drunken
bar brawl. She was charged with disorderly intoxication, drug possession,
resisting arrest and violating conditions of her parole on earlier felony
battery and possession charges following the incident - but has pleaded
not guilty to all offences.
And Sierra, who is also rumored to be pregnant, was given a break by a
Tampa, Florida, judge on Monday morning (07Jan08), after he sentenced her
to three years probation - providing she completes one year in a Pasadena,
California, rehabilitation clinic to kick her cocaine habit.
But the judge ordered Sierra to keep away from the media, telling her:
"You are not going to become a celebrity because you are a recovering
addict."
She will be freed from police custody once flight plans are finalized,
reports TMZ.