Snoop Dogg pleaded guilty to that good old charge of 'possession of a dangerous weapon' last week in relation to that incident at John Wayne Airport when the rapper was challenged for carrying a collapsible baton in his computer bag - something he claimed was a prop for a video shoot.
Having pleaded guilty Snoop was ordered to perform 160 hours of community service, told to make a $10,000 charitable donation, and was put on three years probation, which all sounds a bit steep if it really was just a prop, even if it was an inappropriate prop to be taking through an airport as hand luggage.
But Snoop didn't seem to bothered. His attorney, Donald Etra, told reporters that the felony charge would be reduced to a misdemeanor after one year providing the hip hop star manages to stay on the right side of the law, adding: "We are very pleased with the outcome. Snoop's goal is to make music, not make court appearances. He wants to get on with his life. He will continue his music and his filming and performing".
Of course, the baton case was one of a number of run ins Snoop had with the law in a relatively small space of time. He pleaded no contest back in April to gun and drugs charges after another incident at an airport - that time Bob Hope Airport in Burbank.