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7 celebrities who have served time in jail

Cape Town – We’ve all done something bad and tried to get away with it at some point in our lives, but unfortunately for celebs, they can never quite escape their naughty behaviour thanks to the law, and well, the media.

Countless celebrities have had their brush with the law, whether it be for a few short hours or a long couple of years.

Here are 7 celebrities that got caught in the act and served their time.

1) OJ Simpson

Known for one of the most famous criminal cases in the history of celebrity crime, OJ was acquitted of the charges for the murder of his late wife and her friend.

He was however sentenced for stealing his own memorabilia.

OJ was given 33 years in prison. He is currently serving his time at Lovelock Correctional Facility in Lovelock, Nevada.

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2) Lindsay Lohan

You could call Lindsay a pro at brushes with the law.

The Herbie Fully Loaded actress has been arrested a number of times and out of a total of 8 months of sentenced jail time, the troubled starlet has only spent an estimation of half the time in jail due to 'over-crowding'.

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3) Jub-Jub

Seen as one of the biggest South African celebrity criminal cases, Jub Jub was charged with the murder of four school boys and attempted murder of two more, after crashing into them while drag racing under the influence.

The musician was sentenced to 25 years in jail, the convictions however were later converted to culpable homicide and sentencing was reduced to 8 years.

He is currently serving his sentence but could be let out on parole in the next two years.

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4) Shia LaBeouf

Shia spent 24-hours in jail after pleading guilty to charges against him for disorderly conduct and spitting on a police officer.

The Transformers actor admits to having received a wake-up call when exposed to jail and insists it will be his last brush with the law.

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5) Chris Brown

We know Chris’s biggest wrong doing was beating Rihanna up back in 2009, for which he was put on probation.

The rapper was then sentenced to 131 days of jail time after he confessed to having violated his probation but ended up serving 108 of the 131 days.

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6) Khloe Kardashian

Of all the ridiculous times spent in jail, this one takes the cake!

Khloe Kardashian was caught driving under the influence and put on probation after pleading guilty to the offence.

The Keeping Up With The Kardashians starlet was then sentenced to 30 days imprisonment for violating her probation terms.

The joke of it all is that Khloe managed to serve less than 3 hours of her sentence due to prison ‘over-crowding’.

Happy birthday to my partner in crime @letthelordbewithyou I love you LD!!

A photo posted by Khloé (@khloekardashian) on


7) Paris Hilton

Paris Hilton was sentenced to 45-days in jail after violating probation for driving under the influence.

Although her sentence was reduced due to good behaviour, the heiress spent most of her time in the medical ward of the women’s jail in Lynwood, California.

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(All images: Getty Images)

SA paralympian Oscar Pistorius on Tuesday was sentenced to five years in prison for the culpable homicide of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp.

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