After facing charges for stabbing Dr. Dre's attacker during last year's Vibe Awards melee, today Young Buck learned he will not have to serve time in the incident.
After having his court date pushed back multiple times, the Tennessee rapper finally appeared before a judge today and was sentenced to probation and community service.
Buck (born David Darnell Brown) was charged with stabbing Vibe Awards attendee Jimmy James Johnson, 27, after Johnson punched Dre at the awards show on November 15, 2004.
Since the incident occurred, Buck has seen his court date pushed back no less than four times.
Today Buck entered a no contest plea to a charge of assault likely to produce great bodily harm. Superior Court Judge James Brandlin sentenced the rapper to three years of probation, and required him to perform 80 hours of community service.
Last year, Johnson alleged Suge Knight promised him $5,000 and forgiveness on a debt owed by his brother, to assault Dr. Dre at the award ceremony. Knight denied these allegations and Johnson pleaded guilty on September 14 to felony assault. He was sentenced to a year in jail and placed on three year's probation.
For now, Young Buck is a free man; however he is still facing felony gun possession charges stemming from an August incident, when he and Lloyd Banks were among a group of men arrested in a van after performing at Madison Square Garden. At the time Young Buck pled not guilty to those charges. He is due back in court on January 26.
Source: SOHH.com
After having his court date pushed back multiple times, the Tennessee rapper finally appeared before a judge today and was sentenced to probation and community service.
Buck (born David Darnell Brown) was charged with stabbing Vibe Awards attendee Jimmy James Johnson, 27, after Johnson punched Dre at the awards show on November 15, 2004.
Since the incident occurred, Buck has seen his court date pushed back no less than four times.
Today Buck entered a no contest plea to a charge of assault likely to produce great bodily harm. Superior Court Judge James Brandlin sentenced the rapper to three years of probation, and required him to perform 80 hours of community service.
Last year, Johnson alleged Suge Knight promised him $5,000 and forgiveness on a debt owed by his brother, to assault Dr. Dre at the award ceremony. Knight denied these allegations and Johnson pleaded guilty on September 14 to felony assault. He was sentenced to a year in jail and placed on three year's probation.
For now, Young Buck is a free man; however he is still facing felony gun possession charges stemming from an August incident, when he and Lloyd Banks were among a group of men arrested in a van after performing at Madison Square Garden. At the time Young Buck pled not guilty to those charges. He is due back in court on January 26.
Source: SOHH.com