12 People Who Took The Fall For Celebrities

When Cris Carter’s now-infamous speech about finding a “fall guy” went viral, anyone who remembers the Michael Vick trial shouldn’t have been surprised.

These 12 people who took the fall for celebrities can verify that the person who does the crime doesn’t always do the time.

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Lil Twist

TMZ tried to blame all of Justin Bieber’s youthful indiscretions on the “bad influence” of Lil Twist and Lil Za, and maybe they were right. For all Bieber’s douchebag behavior, it’s Twist that’s facing 25 years now.

Janet Jackson

On what other planet does a dude rip off a woman’s top and the woman more or less gets blackballed by the industry? Janet Jackson’s career took a dive after Justin Timberlake exposed her 40-year-old nipple, while his career flourished.

Shyne

When it comes to celebrity fall guys, few people took more of an L than Shyne Po. After that fateful night in the club in 1999, Shyne ended up doing 10 years of fed time while Puff remained free.

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Brian Keith Jones

You knew somebody was going to take the charge when guns, greenery, and meth were found on Nelly’s tour bus in April. That somebody turned out to be his bodyguard, Brian Keith Jones.

Stephen Jackson

Everybody remembers Ron Artest dumbing out during the Malice at the Palace in Detroit, but folks forget that both Jermaine O’Neal and Stephen Jackson had his back and were subsequently suspended for big chunks of the season.

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Damion “D-Roc” Butler

In a fictional sense, “D-Roc” attempted to take the fall for Biggie in the movie Notorious. In real life, he ended up doing close to a dime of time in prison for the 2001 shootout between Lil Kim and Capone-N-Noreaga.

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Jennifer Rovero

Few remember when Paris Hilton almost caught a drug charge in 2010 in South Africa, but Rovero probably does. That’s because she took the blame for the dope, and you rarely if ever have seen them pictured together since then.

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Tiny Cottle

We know Tiny is about that life. In addition to attempting to give Tip a handjob in 2011 while he was in prison, Tiny accepted part of the blame when she and T.I. were arrested for drug possession in 2010. That’s a ride or die chick.

Cortez Bryant

Do remember that when Lil Wayne was arrested for gun possession in New York in 2007, his manager Cortez Bryant told any and everyone willing to listen that the gun was his.

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Teresa Giudice

After riding side by side with her Real Housewives of New Jersey hubby, Teresa was repaid with 14 months of hard time. It would seem they lied on their taxes, and Teresa was the beneficiary of the lighter sentence, as Joe will ultimately serve three years and change.

Rico Richie

If we’re keeping it 100, no one thinks Young Thug could bust a grape—let alone a gun. But the fact still remains, cops were investigating both Young Thug and Rico Richie in the shooting of Lil Wayne’s tour bus before eventually detaining Richie.

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Jeezy

After being arrested along with five other members of his crew in September of 2014, Jeezy ultimately waited a weekend in jail and posted $1 million bail to make sure none of his boys had to wait in the pokey.