You would have never guessed the fact that some of your favorite celebrities have seen time behind bars, here is a list of 5 of them and a short summary of why and how they had their share of brush-ins with the law enforcement.
Mark Walhberg
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This dates back to the days when mark Walhberg wasn’t the actor we know him today, the stylish man who had been a nominee of the golden globe award and has been a part of the films like the Fighter and Uncharted, while as hot-headed youth of 16, Mark Walhberg had been involved in physically attacking two men of Vietnamese Origin in two different occurring that took place on the same day, he had been found guilty but only served a token time of 45 days of his original two-year long sentence.
Lauryn Hill
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We all know Lauryn Hill from a time when she was a rising star as a member of the Fugees before her hit album Miseducation brought her fame and critical acclaim, although the irony is, it seems Lauryn herself badly needed some education regarding taxes, in the year 2013, she had been a part of a tax fraud and spent time in jail because of it.
Paul McCartney
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It had been a sad day for the fans of the music band Beatles when the member Paul McCartney had been taken in at the customs department of the Tokyo Airport for trying to take marijunana with him, this would have led to a jail time of about 7 years but Paul was let off the hook with just 9 days of imprisonment and a million pounds as fine.
Martha Stewart
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The entertainment guru and recognized personality from the TV industry had found herself involved in the ImClone Stock Trading case in the year 2004 and had several charges of insider trading leveled against her, she had spent 5 months behind bars.
Sean Penn
Sean Penn (Getty/Presley Ann)
Today you may recognize Sean Penn as someone of a lot of acting talent and even something of a social activist, but back in the day he was a hot headed youth sorely in need of anger management lessons, he had been taken in for assault when he had punched some extra on the set of his movie colors
