Bruno Mars skates on his drug charge.
Pop singer Bruno Mars is taking a plea deal in Las Vegas to be allowed to pay a fine, serve probation and have a felony cocaine possession charge against him dismissed, authorities said.Jacked from Access Atlanta
The 25-year-old Grammy nominee is due before a Las Vegas judge Feb. 4 to waive an evidentiary hearing so he can plead guilty and be sentenced in state court, his attorneys and Clark County District Attorney David Roger said.
Mars' real name is Peter Hernandez. Defense lawyers David Chesnoff and Blair Berk said that if he pays a $2,000 fine, performs 200 hours of community service, completes drug counseling and stays out of trouble for a year, no conviction will remain on his record.
"Bruno is very appreciative he is being given this opportunity as a first offender not to suffer any conviction and instead to have his charge dismissed," Berk told The Associated Press. "He is taking all of this quite seriously."
The plea agreement will let Mars step past the Las Vegas cocaine charge a week before the 53rd Grammy Awards show in Los Angeles.
Mars is nominated for seven awards, including best male pop vocal for his hit, "Just the Way You Are." He also co-wrote "(Expletive) You" and was featured on B.o.B's "Nothin' on You" — a nominee for record of the year.
He spent a night in the Clark County jail in Las Vegas after his arrest in September following a performance at a Las Vegas nightclub.
An arrest report said a Hard Rock Hotel & Casino bathroom attendant noticed a man taking a long time in a stall with a bag of a white, powdered substance just before 2 a.m., and summoned security. The hotel-casino is separate from the restaurant chain with the same name.
Police said Mars handed over a bag containing 2.6 grams of cocaine, and told the arresting officer he'd never used drugs before.
Mars was a child entertainer in Hawaii before moving to Los Angeles in 2002 to pursue his entertainment career.
11 comments:
WHO THE FUCK IS THIS FRANKENSTIEN LOOKING BITCH!
E television reported this almost 3 weeks ago - you really need to fire whoever is supposed to be jacking blogs cause they suck!!!!!!
@3:48
The savior of modern/contemporary R&B, and he ain't even black. SMH...
5:30 calm down his music ain't all that
@ 5:30 Since when do you have to be a certain color to make good music?
5:30 calm down his music ain't all that
JANUARY 31, 2011 6:52 PM
@ 5:30 Since when do you have to be a certain color to make good music?
FEBRUARY 1, 2011 8:58 AM
Damn, I guess I need to use *sarcasm* marks. Yall can't take a joke huh...
This dude need to learn that crack is wack and cocaine makes you go insane. But naw, drugs are for losers.
This dude need to learn crack is wack and cocaine makes you go insane. But naw, drugs are for losers.
Bruno is actually talented. Vocally he is pretty good. Sad he wants to mess around with this mess. Bruno, you are going to ruin your life if you mess with this stuff. Like they say, no one tries it just once. Don't ruin your life, hombre!
This dude's album is terrible!
^^^^He needs to sniff....Deese Nuts!^^^^
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