Remy Ma Gets 8 Years in Prison
By SAMUEL MAULL,
AP
Posted: 2008-05-15 10:52:27
NEW YORK -- Remy Ma has been sentenced to eight years in
prison in the shooting a woman outside a Manhattan nightclub.
NEW YORK - FEBRUARY 01: Remy Ma attends the Baby Phat Fall 2008 fashion show during Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Fall 2008 at Roseland on February 1, 2008 in New York City. (Photo by Rob Loud/Getty Images for IMG)
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Artist Remy Ma attends The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2008 - Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons at The Roseland Ballroom in New York City on September 9,2007.Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2008 - Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons & KLS Collection - Front Row.Roseland Ballroom.New York City, New York United States.September 7, 2007.Photo by Rick Diamond/WireImage.com..To license this image (14744823), contact WireImage:.U.S. +1-212-686-8900 / U.K. +44-207-868-8940 / Australia +61-2-8262-9222 / Germany +49-40-320-05521 / Japan: +81-3-5464-7020.+1 212-686-8901 (fax).info@wireimage.com (e-mail).www.wireimage.com (web site)
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Artist Remy Ma attends The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2008 - Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons at The Roseland Ballroom in New York City on September 9,2007.Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2008 - Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons & KLS Collection - Front Row.Roseland Ballroom.New York City, New York United States.September 7, 2007.Photo by Rick Diamond/WireImage.com..To license this image (14744822), contact WireImage:.U.S. +1-212-686-8900 / U.K. +44-207-868-8940 / Australia +61-2-8262-9222 / Germany +49-40-320-05521 / Japan: +81-3-5464-7020.+1 212-686-8901 (fax).info@wireimage.com (e-mail).www.wireimage.com (web site)
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Artist Remy Ma attends The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2008 - Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons at The Roseland Ballroom in New York City on September 9,2007.Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2008 - Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons & KLS Collection - Front Row.Roseland Ballroom.New York City, New York United States.September 7, 2007.Photo by Rick Diamond/WireImage.com..To license this image (14744821), contact WireImage:.U.S. +1-212-686-8900 / U.K. +44-207-868-8940 / Australia +61-2-8262-9222 / Germany +49-40-320-05521 / Japan: +81-3-5464-7020.+1 212-686-8901 (fax).info@wireimage.com (e-mail).www.wireimage.com (web site)
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Singer Remy Ma and Artist Egypt attend The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2008 - Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons at The Roseland Ballroom in New York City on September 9,2007.Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2008 - Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons & KLS Collection - Front Row.Roseland Ballroom.New York City, New York United States.September 7, 2007.Photo by Rick Diamond/WireImage.com..To license this image (14744748), contact WireImage:.U.S. +1-212-686-8900 / U.K. +44-207-868-8940 / Australia +61-2-8262-9222 / Germany +49-40-320-05521 / Japan: +81-3-5464-7020.+1 212-686-8901 (fax).info@wireimage.com (e-mail).www.wireimage.com (web site)
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Singer Remy Ma and Artist Egypt attend The Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2008 - Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons at The Roseland Ballroom in New York City on September 9,2007.Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Spring 2008 - Baby Phat by Kimora Lee Simmons & KLS Collection - Front Row.Roseland Ballroom.New York City, New York United States.September 7, 2007.Photo by Rick Diamond/WireImage.com..To license this image (14744744), contact WireImage:.U.S. +1-212-686-8900 / U.K. +44-207-868-8940 / Australia +61-2-8262-9222 / Germany +49-40-320-05521 / Japan: +81-3-5464-7020.+1 212-686-8901 (fax).info@wireimage.com (e-mail).www.wireimage.com (web site)
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NEW YORK - OCTOBER 26: (FILE PHOTO) Rapper Remy Ma attends the launch party for the Trump Super Premium Vodka at Trump Towers October 26, 2006 in New York City. The rapper was arrested early Saturday on attempted murder charges for a shooting July 14, 2007 in New York City. (Photo by Peter Kramer/Getty Images)
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The state Supreme Court sentence was handed Tuesday to the
26-year-old rapper, whose real name is Remy Smith, for assault,
weapon possession and attempted coercion.
Remy Ma, who could have faced up to 25 years in prison, was
teary-eyed as she heard the sentence.
She says last summer's shooting was an accident; an appeal is
planned.
Correction officials say they called off her weekend wedding at
the Rikers Island jail after the groom - fellow rapper Papoose -
showed up with a handcuff key.
Remy Ma's lawyer, Ivan Fisher, denies the key could be used to
unlock handcuffs. Papoose isn't charged.
Fisher says the two still plan to wed.
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