After dodging the slammer the first go round and despite all the talk of signing a major record deal with Sony in efforts to pay off her $970,000 tax debt before the deadline, Lauryn Hill was sentenced earlier this week to 3 months behind bars.
Not only was she given 3 months in federal prison but also an additional 3 months of house arrest and 9 months of supervision. Although her attorney asked the judge for a lesser punishment because of all her charity work and 6 children, the judge was not trying to hear any of that.
The day before her sentence hearing, Lauryn Hill had paid back the $900,000 she owed hoping that everything was good to go before she had to face the judge. Unfortunately it was not enough.
She is ordered to surrender July 8.
