Pregnant Foxy Brown Sentenced to a Year in Jail

Pregnant rapper Foxy Brown was sentenced to one year in jail for violating her probation relating to a fight with two manicurists in a New York City salon.

"I'm not going to give you any more chances," said Criminal Court Judge Melissa Jackson at a probation hearing today. "I hope you turn your life around and never again have to stand in a court of law."

Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, was serving three years on probation for assaulting two manicurists at a Manhattan nail salon in 2004.

Brown was also indicted in Brooklyn on charges that she hit her neighbor with a cell phone.

During the hearing, Brown, who entered the courtroom in handcuffs and a gray pantsuit, asked the judge for another chance at straightening her life out.

"I'm willing to do whatever I need to do to change," Brown told the judge. "I realize that [jail]'s not where I want to be. It's humbled me in ways I never imagined."

Jackson replied, "Ms. Marchand, it's too little, too late. I'm glad you're learning something; that's a positive."

Jackson rejected a deal in which Brown would have gone to jail for nine months in exchange for a misdemeanor guilty plea. The judge had said the defendant knew she would face a year in jail if she violated probation.

Brown recently announced that she was three months pregnant. If she serves the complete term of her sentence, the baby will be born while she is incarcerated.