Beanie Sigel was sentenced to three months in jail after violating the terms of his supervised release for a THIRD time. He failed the court mandated drug test, testing positive for Xanax and Percocet. Beans has been living in a halfway house and participating in drug-treatment programs but financial pressure triggered his latest relapse.
Under the terms of his supervised release Sigel was unable to tour and perform in large venues. Like most artists, show money was Beans’ major source of income and now he’s in danger of losing everything he’s worked for, including his home.
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Assistant U.S. Attorney Curtis Douglas asked U.S. District Judge R. Barclay Surrick to put Sigel behind bars.
“Mr. Grant is a big boy and he knows what the rules are,” the prosecutor said, adding, “at some point, he has to grow up.”
Sigel told Surrick that he was an addict and “had a relapse” when he was sent to the halfway house in January.
As a condition of being placed in the halfway house, Sigel was not permitted to travel outside Philadelphia. He had just released a new CD called “The Solution.”
As a result, he said, he had been “unable to earn the living” to which he was accustomed prior to that time.
Sigel said that his relapse had been triggered by financial pressure, that he was about to lose his house and that he couldn’t travel to do big-venue concerts, the main source of his income.
He said he had performed twice at local clubs since being confined to the halfway house.
“I’m losing everything because of this situation,” he said, though he admitted he had put himself in the bad situation.
Surrick said: “I’ve heard your explanation, but that does not excuse your conduct.”