3 Years Probation For Hip Hop Artist Foxy Brown

3 Years Probation For Hip Hop Artist Foxy Brown

Foxy Brown was sentenced Tuesday for assaulting two nail salon stylists back in August 2004 to three years probation and anger management classes over a $20 manicure.

The 28-year-old singer, who was already facing up to a year in jail if she failed to appear in court, asked that the guilty plea she entered in August be withdrawn, but the request was denied. "I feel I am innocent. I feel I was coerced. I want to take back my guilty plea," she said.

Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, claims she was recovering from a tooth extraction, must now submit a sample of her DNA, undergo periodic drug testing, and was ordered to stay away from the manicurists for the next five years.

A plea change had been requested earlier by Brown’s legal team due to lack of physical evidence after the incident.

"This was self defense. This was a scuffle over payment of a $20 manicure and she panicked," said Franklin Rothman, one of several lawyers to represent the singer. "She had bad advice two months ago" when she pleaded guilty. His request was also denied.

Outside court, Brown said that she would still beat the charges. "I’m a fighter," she said." I have an impressible spirit and an abiding faith in God. I believe that I will walk free."