End of Foxy Brown's Manicurist Smackdown Saga

Foxy Brown was sentenced to three years probation for attacking employees of Bloomie Nails back in 2005. You may recall that in August Brown pleaded guilty to the assault, but then tried to take it back. Brown continued to plead her innocence, claiming her original lawyer had "rushed" and "coerced" her. The NY Times had a funny exchange between Brown (real name: Inga Marchand) and the judge:

Ms. Marchand, 27, said she pleaded guilty only because her lawyer at the time, Robert Kalina, told her that if she did not, she might have to spend a night in jail. (In the small-world category, Mr. Kalina was Mr. Smith’s [Busta Rhymes's] lawyer yesterday.)

Ms. Marchand said she had hired a new lawyer, Franklin Rothman, and wanted him to reargue the case. She is accused of striking two workers at a Chelsea manicure salon in August 2004 in a dispute over payment.

“I know that I am innocent,” Ms. Marchand told the judge. “I have a lot of faith in God.”

“How are you innocent?” Judge Jackson asked.

Ms. Marchand seemed at a loss for an answer, but Mr. Rothman said that if any blows were exchanged, his client had acted in self-defense.

Unmoved, Judge Jackson sentenced Ms. Marchand to three years’ probation and anger management counseling, and authorized orders of protection for the two manicurists.

Brown blamed the judge for not liking the hip-hop community or entertainers, but maybe the judge was annoyed because Brown's right boob kept coming out of her top - judges can be very touchy! Anyway, she had a great time with reporters, bragging that her purse cost $10,000, clarifying that her toenails were fuschia, explaining she was on her way to bible study after the studio, and saying she would appeal the case.

Also at Criminal Court yesterday: Busta Rhymes, who refused a plea deal in the August incident where he allegedly kicked a fan in the head after the fan spit on his car (nice fan!). The judge ruled that the prosecutor in Rhymes' case could not enter a misdemeanor weapons charge (there was a machete in the car at the time), and Rhymes told a courtroom sketch artist, "I love it when you make me look good."

Photograph of Foxy Brown outside the Manhattan Criminal Court yesterday by Louis Lanzano/AP

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By Jen Chung in Arts & Entertainment, News on October 25, 2006 2:56 PM

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Miquel

It'll come around. It always does. Can't wait to see her on Celebrity Boxing. My money's on Lil Kim...

Samantha T

"“How are you innocent?” Judge Jackson asked.....

Unmoved, Judge Jackson sentenced Ms. Marchand to three years’ probation and anger management counseling, and authorized orders of protection for the two manicurists."

God, I love stern judges sometimes.

mh

krunkymunky: i hope the judge pro justice regardless of how much money and sexy a person has.

Who cares about Foxy Brown. She did the crime. Now do the time. When you have as much success as she's had along with money, you don't go around pushing and slapping people who work 9am to 9pm for a living. They deserve respect and further more Foxy Brown should have made an appointment. It is OK to be a rich snob. However, a good, rich, snobby bitch, would have made the manicurist go to her house. Not just show up and cause a scene like a little brat, sooo immature. Foxy Brown has money and no class, no manners, and hasn't made good music is a while. Put her out to pasture.

maushead

Foxy Brown was hit-and-run driver, ex-friend says

BY ROCCO PARASCANDOLA

STAFF WRITER

October 28, 2005

A former friend of Foxy Brown came out swinging Thursday, claiming the

rap diva conspired to blame her for a Manhattan hit-and-run accident

14 months ago.

Clothing designer Ayesha Ouattara, 37, speaking through her lawyer,

said Brown -- not her -- was at the wheel of a Land Rover when it

struck two bicyclists on West Houston Street during a Critical Mass

cyclists' ride on Aug. 27, 2004.

At the time, the group in the vehicle was rushing from one Louis

Vuitton shop to another, trying to reach the second shop before it

closed because Brown, 25, wanted to buy something, according to

Ouattara's lawyer, Donald Birnbaum.

Ouattara was arrested in October and charged with two counts of

leaving the scene of an accident.

"Foxy tried to pressure Ayesha," said Birnbaum, who was in State

Supreme Court in Manhattan Thursday with his client. "There was

influence brought to bear on her. Other people also put pressure on

her."

But Ouattara is holding her ground, Birnbaum said. He asserted that

Brown and others conspired to lie about Brown's involvement and blame

Ouattara for the incident.

"I am very certain my client is innocent," Birnbaum said. "I am also

very certain my client will be vindicated. Foxy put all kinds of

pressure on Ayesha for her to take the weight, and Ayesha is not

taking the weight for anybody."

Brown's lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, disputed the accusations, noting that

Ouattara was working as a driver for Brown. After the incident, she

was fired, he said.

"The bottom line is, Foxy was not driving that car," Tacopina said,

describing Ouattara as "the disgruntled employee who's trying to get

out-from-under by switching things around."

One of the cyclists hit by the Land Rover, Matthew Campau, 36, was not

injured. The second victim, Robert Herschenfeld, 38, suffered a minor

leg injury. Both are from Williamsburg.

Herschenfeld, a building designer, told Newsday on Tuesday that he saw

a woman get out of the Land Rover and yell an insulting phrase against

white homosexuals. Then the woman got back in the vehicle and the

driver hit the gas, striking Herschenfeld and Campau.

Herschenfeld remembered someone yelling out, "Hey, that's Foxy Brown."

At the time, he said, he knew nothing about Foxy Brown. Later, he saw

her picture on the Internet and realized she was the woman who had

yelled at the crowd. Herschenfeld said he wasn't sure if Brown had

been behind the wheel.

Birnbaum said that after the incident Ouattara persuaded Brown to let

her drive. Several blocks later, Ouattara was involved in an accident

of her own that caused no injuries.

The lawyer said she cooperated with police, who at the time ignored

other bicyclists who had caught up to the Rover and told officers that

Brown had struck two men minutes earlier.

Copyright (c) 2005, Newsday, Inc.

krunkymunky

if foxy inga thinks that judges are anti-hip-hop, she is obviously unaware of the Seventh Circuit's opinion in United States v. Murphy, 406 F.3d 857, 859 n1 (7th Cir. 2005) ("The trial transcript quotes Ms. Hayden as saying Murphy called her a snitch bitch 'hoe.' A 'hoe,' of course, is a tool used for weeding and gardening. We think the court reporter, unfamiliar with rap music (perhaps thankfully so), misunderstood Hayden's response. We have taken the liberty of changing 'hoe' to 'ho,' a staple of rap music vernacular as, for example, when Ludacris raps 'You doin' ho activities with ho tendencies.'")