Swift Faces Jail Time After Missing Court for Proofs Funeral

[Ivy]

Sorry if this has already been posted
D-12 member, Swifty McVay, may be arrested very soon, after he snubbed a court date to attend his fallen comrade, Proof's funeral, which has resulted in a warrant being issued.

Swift (real name, Ondre Moore) was scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday (April 19) to determine whether he has violated probation when he was arrested for drunk driving, but did not show, because of Proof's funeral service.

A Novi district judge issued a bench warrant for Swift and set his bail at $500,000.

"While I recognize the importance of attending a funeral ... there is a requirement that you make some effort to comply with a court order," the judge said, according to the AP.

The rapper pleaded guilty to drunk driving, for an incident stemming from an October 2005 arrest, where he allegedly registered blood alcohol levels of .079 and .084 in court-ordered mandatory drug tests one morning last week.

The charge is a misdemeanor, punishable by up to three months in jail.

During the day he was tested, the rapper also tested positive for illegal drugs and was jailed for two days. Swift was then placed on two years probation and ordered to do 50 hours of community service, attend Alcoholics Anonymous and stay away from drugs and alcohol, the Detroit Free Press reported. But in March, Swift tested positive for alcohol and was sentenced to a week in jail. Last week, a judge said that Swift tested positive for alcohol again, which triggered the hearing.

Swift missed the hearing, because he was an honorary pallbearer Wednesday at Proof's funeral.

http://www.eminemlounge.com

[walend]

damn, but i think a funeral is a good excuse for the judge.

but what a fucker, i hate drunk drivers

[AspirinE]

Shit is mad, the dude is prolly devastated now and they give him a jail time..

[Ivy]

That's what I thought. Judges are usually lenient with these types of things, to attend the funeral of a loved one. I think the only reason the judge did this was because of several violations of probation by Swift, or because Swift is a well renowned person and this could give the judge some publicity and all that shit. Either way, it's fucked up on both accounts. He shouldn't have been violating his probation in such a manner on several accounts and also he should have contacted the courts and tried to reschedule his court date so that it wouldn't interfere with the funeral and it wouldn't get him into such a tight situation. But, it didn't work out that way

[lil_bayly]

what do u think? will d12 break up? maybe lets do a poll

[AspirinE]

By the way eminemlounge took the article from MTV...

I hate sites that dont post the real sources lol

[Ethos]

that's fucked up it was a funeral

[SNaKe]

thnx for the news didn

[rory]

thx for the news,this is just messed up,swift has enough on his plate right now

[yoshi]

eww.. that's fucked up i think the last thing they need now is Swift being jailed there's nothing more important that ur best friend's funeral i guess.. hope he'll be fine

[Fi.J.]

awww swift soo sweet!!he did the right thing I think!!thanx for the news!!

[axgt_marc]

Thats realy tight of the judge but he should not have been drink driving in the first place.

[icar]

D12 were planning to make another album .. i think they were set to call it "the ambition" , but i dont think they ll do it .... but man he needed to go to a funeral its one of his best friends for sure ... D12 is probably finished