Jan 8, 2009 • 1 min read

West surgeon jailed for DUI

Dr Jan Adams, who operated on Kanye West's mother before her death, has been jailed for a year after being found guilty of drink driving in California.

Dr Jan Adams - who falls under the music news radar because he was the plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West's mother just before she died - has been jailed for a year after being found guilty of drink driving.

Adams pleaded no contest to the DUI charge last year following an incident when he was spotted driving the wrong way down a motorway in California. He was sentenced to a year inside by Solano County Court Commissioner Ray Wieser.

There was much criticism of Adams, who was already a TV personality in California, following the sudden death of Donda West the day after he had operated on her in 2007.

The autopsy report said West died because of heart disease coupled with complications from the surgery. While in theory that cleared Adams of malpractice, he says the public criticism that continued as a result of West's death more or less ruined his cosmetic surgery business.

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