DMX was in court on Tuesday to request an adjournment over charges that he has violated the conditions of his release following a car smash at John F. Kennedy International Airport. As previously reported, the rapper, real name Earl Simmons, pleaded guilty to charges of reckless endangerment in December last year and admitted that he was on valium at the time of the incident, in which he crashed his vehicle into an airport gate after telling a parking lot attendant that he was a federal agent. He was subsequently sentenced to a conditional discharge, but has twice since been cited for traffic violations, which are in violation of that conditional discharge, and is therefore, in theory, facing a prison sentence.
However, Judge Dorothy Chin-Brandt has now granted the defence's request to adjourn the case until later in the month, and it's thought that the case might not now come to court as the star's lawyer, Murray Richman, is reportedly in negotiations with Queens District Attorney Richard Brown - negotiations which, it's speculated, may keep the case out of court. Brown's spokeswoman said, "The district attorney is trying to work out an agreement because he [Simmons] is in violation of his conditional discharge."
Following his appearance in court, DMX told reporters that the charges are "all ludicrous," and admitted that "It's been very stressful. Nobody likes to come to court."