Despite their fame, celebrities are people just like us. And just like us, we often hear about celebrities breaking the law, sometimes with horrific consequences. As we are about to find out, however, the privileged position celebrities have in our society allows them to get reduced sentences and / or even to get away with it. We have put together a list of the ten most horrible crimes ever committed by celebrities, along with the penalties they suffered after the fact. Like you may have already imagined, the punishment doesn’t seem to fit the crime most of the time, even though justice is served every once in a while.
10Amy Locane – Manslaughter
In February 2013, Amy Locane was sentenced to three years in prison for vehicular manslaughter. The “Melrose Place” actress had crashed her car killing a 60 year old woman and injuring her husband. Locane’s alcohol level was three times the legal limit at the time of the accident.
