August 22, 2007 -- A Manhattan judge threw Foxy Brown behind bars on a probation violation charge this morning -- a stunning blow to a rascally rapper who's uncanny ability to remain free despite numerous scuffles with the law had made her appear jail-proof.
Foxy -- who is three months pregnant, according to her lawyer -- will spend at least two weeks, until Sept. 7, in Rikers, which has a pre-natal unit for pregnant inmates.
Then she'll be hauled out before the same Manhattan Criminal Court judge for a hearing on charges she has flouted the rules of probation and deserves to be jailed for a year -- the maximum sentence allowed on her original offense, beating two Chelsea nail salon workers during a 2004 fight over the bill.
Probation department lawyer Matilda Leo gave Judge Melissa Jackson four reasons why Foxy has "abused the privilege [of probation] to the point of no return."
First among them, Leo said, is Foxy getting arrested earlier this month for allegedly whacking a Brooklyn neighbor in the face with her Blackberry, giving the woman a loose tooth and a bruised eye in an apparent fight over the volume of Foxy's car stereo.
Her other alleged probation offenses include missing court-ordered appointments with her anger management therapists and probation officer, along with recently getting busted in Bergen County on a traffic infraction when she’d not asked for probation permission to go to New Jersey.
Foxy's lawyer, state Sen. John Sampson, argued in vain that the pending Brooklyn Blackberry-bash charges were weak, and that the performer's life was turning around.
"She's getting married; she's three months pregnant, she signed a record deal two weeks ago, and she is in contract for a reality TV show," Sampson said.
But the judge -- who has had a sometimes stormy, two-year courtroom history with Foxy -- was unmoved. Foxy has publicly derided the judge for having "a disdain for hip hop" the judge once had Foxy cuffed to a bench for snapping her gum and sticking her tongue out at her from the defense podium.
"The defendant is going to be remanded pending her hearing," Jackson announced from the bench. When Foxy stared back, blankly, the judge repeated herself with a slight smile, "That's a remand. Thank you!" Then the cuffs went on, and Foxy teetered toward the cells, looking stunned, in her black, patent leather, peek-toed, five-inch stiletto Fendi pumps.
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