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October 27, 2007
Foxy Brown Blames Hearing Loss for Solitary Punishment
Imprisoned rapper Foxy Brown has hit out at reports she was placed in solitary confinement because she refused to take a drug test, insisting her poor hearing is to blame.
The hip-hop star -- real name Inga Marchand -- was sentenced to 76 days of "punitive segregation" earlier this week after violating three rules at Rikers Island jail. The 28-year-old was alleged to have been involved in a fight with another inmate, was verbally abusive to staff and refused a random drug test.
But Brown's manager, Chaz Williams, claims her separation was simply a misunderstanding -- because of her temperamental hearing aid.
He tells Billboard.com, "Really she didn't hear the request. She has a battery-operated device and sometimes it dies out."
And he has dismissed further accusations of her unruly behavior as inaccurate.
He adds, "There was an incident where a girl attempted to confront her and she stood her ground, but there wasn't any contact. Words were exchanged and that was it."
Brown was ordered to serve a year behind bars last month after a New York judge ruled she had violated the terms of her probation.
The star announced she had been diagnosed with sudden hearing loss in December 2005, and underwent a number of operations to prevent permanent hearing loss.
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Posted by 4HL on October 27, 2007 3:56 PM
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