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Bruno Mars accepts plea deal over drug charges
By CMU Editorial | Published on Monday 7 February 2011
Seven times Grammy nominated R&B bloke Bruno Mars has made a plea deal after being found in possession of a nice little bag of cocaine in the Hard Rock Hotel in Las Vegas last September.
The singer-songwriter was originally charged with the felony of drug possession, which could have resulted in four years in jail and a fifty grand fine, but he has agreed to plead guilty to the lesser charge of possession of a controlled substance in return for a plea deal which means that providing he stays out of trouble for a year he’ll avoid conviction over the drugs charge.
He made his guilty plea on Friday, and will now return to court on 14 Feb to be formally sentenced. He will also do 200 hours of community service as part of the deal.
