Former American Idol Jessica Sierra Skips Serious Jailtime, Goes Directly To Rehab
Trouble is striking our young female celebrities from the A-List to the D-List. As the nation is gripped with the latest crisis to strike popstar Britney Spears, it would be easy to forget a troubled runner-up on America’s favorite pastime, Fox’s American Idol.
Jessica Sierra, a contestant on Season Four of AI is no stranger to trouble with the law. Sierra’s first brush with the law occurred at a Florida bar when she got into an argument with a fellow patron and threw a glass at his head, which required stitches. While being processed, police found cocaine in Jessica’s purse and she was then charged with possession. Jessica had been placed on a year-long probation in that case, and was already signed up for a reality series hosted by Dr. Drew Pinsky (of Lovelines fame) called Celebrity Rehab for none other than, Vh1.
Within two weeks of being placed on probation, Jessica once again found herself in trouble back in Florida. This time she was thrown out of a club for being drunken and disorderly only to try and fight her way back in. Police were called, and the now infamous encounter occurred which she not only struck a police officer, but vomited in their cruiser and offered sex in exchange for them freeing her, as well as, hurling some ethnic slurs. Needless to say, this did not sit well with the judge and Jessica has been sitting in a Florida jail since her Dec. 1 arrest.
During her incarceration a couple other pieces of bad news have popped up, including Jessica revealing she is pregnant, as well as, a sex tape has been made public. Honestly, it’s kind of hard not to feel sorry for someone when they have this much going against them. Her father, Joseph Sierra summed it up pretty well:
“She’s in jail and she’s pregnant, you know. What else can go wrong?”
Fortunately, there is at least one person in Jessica’s corner, Dr. Drew Pinsky. Dr. Pinksy, the host and mentor for those booked on his new celeb reality show, flew to Florida to testify and plead on behalf of Jessica for the judge to allow her to be sent to an extended stay in rehab over what would be a difficult jail sentence while pregnant. The judge in the case, Daniel Perry, reluctantly agreed, though with a cautionary warning:
“I don’t want her getting interviewed. I don’t want her on TV. I’m over that,” Judge Perry also issued Jessica a direct warning, “Either you finish it on your first try or you are going to prison. Stay out of Ybor City.”
Judge Perry also extended her probation to three years to begin after her year-long rehab stint. Sheesh, let’s hope she shapes up for the sake of her baby.
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could always be worse….she might have had dr. phil.
Comment by D-Bomb — January 7, 2008 @ 8:21 pm
A report at: mtv.com/news/articles/1579100/20080107/sierra__jessica.jhtml says that Jessica Sierra was sentenced to one year in rehab for club altercation. That is really bad. I feel sorry for Jessica. What a talented singer she is! But now, she…. still I can find American Idol 4: dealstudio.com/searchdeals.php?deal_id=76704&ru=279 and listen to her song “Total Eclipse Of The Heart”, but such a nice contestant will never come back. What a pity!
Comment by Dawn — January 7, 2008 @ 8:48 pm
Dr. Drew, unlike Dr. Phil, is an actual medical doctor with actual and continual work in a real hospital. It could be worse for her anyway, though…and evidently is. Dr. Drew said outside the courtroom that Jessica also suffers from serious psychiatric problems. Probably always has. I feel bad for her.
Comment by DJ — January 7, 2008 @ 9:04 pm
I feel bad for her too. These people are finding out fame isn’t all it’s cracked up to be.
Comment by D — January 7, 2008 @ 9:39 pm
Why would anyone want to be famous?
Well, other than the money.
Comment by k — January 7, 2008 @ 10:20 pm
i agree k. it’s almost as if being famous is like making a deal with the devil. i’d much rather be an average citizen. it seems as if celebrities with all their money and fame have much bigger problems than the rest of us. either that or they live with a different set of morals and a lack of accountability for their actions.
Comment by D-Bomb — January 7, 2008 @ 10:50 pm
This actually sounds like a pretty good outcome for a very troubled woman. Too bad the same hasn’t happened for Britney.
Comment by Blythe Kango — January 8, 2008 @ 1:36 am