Celebrities live a life of fame and are always under the spotlight. Even if they don’t want to be, the public is always watching their every move. Their stories always make the news whether they do something good or bad. And when they do something bad, you can expect that people will not only watch out for how their story unfolds but they’ll also be on the lookout for their mug shots!
Celebrity mug shots are quite intriguing because they make us realize that these famous people are human, too. They too commit mistakes and get arrested from time to time, despite being in Hollywood. The following slides are 50 celebrity mug shots that will make you see your favorite celebrities in a different light.
1. Martin Luther King Jr.
In 1956, Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in Alabama when he joined bus boycotts that protested bus segregation. King was the youngest man to ever get the Nobel prize.
Jay-Z was arrested in 1999 in New York City for allegedly stabbing record producer Lance “Un” Rivera. They were at New York’s Kit Kat Club when the reported stabbing incident happened. Jay-Z was eventually charged with felony assault and faced 15 years of imprisonment. Later on, his guilty plea led to a reduction in his sentence to three years of probation because his previous felony assault was marked down as misdemeanor assault.
Michelle Rodriguez served a six-month sentence in 2007 at the Los Angeles County Jail as a result of the consecutive violation of her probation terms. She was previously charged with a hit and run and drunk driving offenses and was under probation for said charges when she was found to have consumed alcohol while wearing a monitered ankle bracelet.
In 1961, Alfred James Pacino, popularly known as Al Pacino, was arrested in Woonsocket, Rhode Island for possession of a concealed weapon. Along with two of his friends, Pacino drove in circles around the same neighborhood while wearing dark masks. Police pulled them over and found that they had a loaded gun and were made to spend three days in jail.
Dawson’s Creek star Joshua Jackson was 24 when he got arrested for assaulting a security guard at a Carolina Hurricanes hockey game. His blood alcohol was 0.14 at the time.
When he was 21, Woody Harrelson was arrested for disturbing the peace in Columbus, Ohio. The True Detective star was drunk and would not stop dancing in the middle of the busy road, so the cops went after him.
As it turns out, even superstars like Cher have their episodes against law enforcement. The music icon was only 13 years old when she was arrested for “borrowing” a friend’s car and driving it without a license.
Pete Gene Hernandez, also known as Bruno Mars, was arrested in a bathroom at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino way back in 2010. He was charged with felony cocaine possession to which he plead guilty afterward. His charges were eventually dismissed when he paid a $2,000 fine, did 8 hours of drug counseling, and 200 hours of community service.
Mr. Robot actor Christian Slater is no stranger to being reprimanded by law enforcement. In 1994, he was arrested for criminal possession of a weapon while he was at the JFK airport. He had a gun in his luggage, and the scanners got an image of his weapon. As part of his plea deal, Slater agreed to work with homeless children for three days.
Bill gates got arrested in 1977 in Albuquerque for running a stop sign and driving without a license. The following year, he transferred his start-up company to Seattle and received three more speeding tickets while driving his Porsche 911.
David Robert Jones, aka David Bowie, was once arrested for possession of marijuana after his performance at the Community War Memorial in Rochester, New York. The English rock star was found to have 6 ounces of marijuana in his hotel room and spent a night in jail as a consequence.
We all know him as Iron Man, but before his famous comeback, Robert Downey Jr. was known for his struggle with drug addiction. He was once arrested for missing drug tests that were required of him to complete as he was under probation at the time. His first charges were placed in 1996, and they were related to possession of marijuana, heroin, and cocaine.
Eminem has always had a bad boy image. He was arrested for pistol-whipping a man whom he suspected of kissing his wife, Kim Mathers, while they were outside the Hard Rock Sports Bar in Michigan. He pleaded guilty which led to prosecutors dropping their charge of assault, and Eminem’s sentence became two years of probation.
Keanu Reeves may be the superhero type but he also had his own brushes with the police. In 1993, he was arrested in Los Angeles, California for driving under the influence. He admitted to the charge later on.
In 1999, Matthew McConaughey’s neighbor complained about the celebrity next door playing his bongos naked. As it turns out, the Hollywood actor was in possession of marijuana and he ended up getting arrested for it.
Sean “Diddy” Combs was arrested in 1999 after allegedly firing his gun at a club after a heated argument with another man. He was then called Puff Daddy and was in a relationship with Jennifer Lopez. He, along with Lopez, fled the scene even before the cops could arrive. However, the rap star was eventually arrested.
In 2017, Travis Scott was arrested for allegedly starting a riot in one of his concerts in Arkansas. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct and paid more than $6,ooo to an injured concert goer and some court fees.
We’ve all seen Lindsay Lohan’s epic story of being the chick who was troubled. Law enforcement was always on her case because she would either drive under the influence, drive without a license or possess illegal drugs. She had a lot of encounters with the police which started in 2007.
Blac Chyna’s life is full of controversy so her being arrested was not really something people were shocked about. Apart from being arrested in 2016 for felony possession of ecstasy at an airport in Texas, this model and businesswoman also had controversies relating to domestic disputes and sex videos.
2pac, or Tupac Amaru Shakul in real life, was arrested along with three of his friends for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman they met at a New York nightclub. He was initially sentenced to 4 and a half years in prison, but he ended up serving for only nine months after receiving an early release. The rap star was killed in 1996 and his murder story remains unsolved today.
Justin Bieber, along with a singer named Khalil, were arrested in 2014 in Miami, Florida after allegedly drag-racing, resisting arrest and driving under the influence of alcohol and marijuana. The charges against the singer were eventually reduced as a result of his guilty plea.
James Brown, popularly known as “Godfather of the Soul”, was arrested in 2004 for charges of domestic violence directed to his 33-year-old wife, Tommie Rae Brown. Brown plead to not contest and paid a fine.
This Teen Mom star was arrested after striking Gary Shirley, her boyfriend at the time. She made a deal to finish rehab and earn her GED rather than go to prison. She eventually backed out on said deal and ended up serving 17 months out of the five years she was sentenced to spend behind bars.
We all saw Snooki when she got arrested for public drunkenness in the third season of J
ersey Shore. After a night in jail, a $500 fine and community service, Snooki finally got cleared from her charges. Her hard partying can be seen as the culprit for the star’s drinking issues.
After being caught in the act of possessing Ampethamine, Mick Jagger got arrested in Sussex, England in the year 1967. he was initially convicted along with Keith Richards but an appeal made by them overturned the initial charges.
Back in the day, Frank Sinatra was charged with adultery after allegedly committing adultery with a married woman. It was a ground for conviction in those days and Sinatra was arrested for such a thing.
NIcole Richie, Lionel’s adopted daughter, was arrested in 2006 after authorities caught her driving on the wrong side of the freeway. She was charged with DUI and was supposed to serve a sentence of four months in prison but ended up serving only 82 minutes. After the said incident, Nicole Richie became more careful and lived a career without trouble.
The former
Melrose Place star was arrested for suspicion of being under the influence after people saw her driving wildly in a parking lot. She eventually agreed to a plea deal which led to her sentence being dismissed.
We all remember Aaron Carter as the boy-next-door who sang so sweetly. He was definitely every young girls crush! This mug shot of the singer after getting arrested for a DUI charge in Georgia absolutely shocked everyone. Carter admitted that this was a moment where his life was at the lowest and he made an effort to improve his life afterward.
This
Vampire Diaries star, whose real name is Nikolina Konstantinova Dobreva, was arrested in 2009 when she and three of her co-stars dangled from a bridge and flashed passing drivers on Highway I-72. The whole group was requested to pay a fine amounting to $4,000 and was charged with disorderly conduct.
Dustin Diamond, a star from the show
Saved by the Bell, was arrested in 2015 after allegedly stabbing another person at a bar in Wisconsin. His sentence was a total of four months but he only served three.
Rapper 50 Cent, also known as Curtis Jackson, was only 19 when this photograph of him was taken. It was in 1994 and he was serving his time at the New York State Department of Correctional Services.
In 1993, Snoop Dogg decided to turn himself in to face murder charges against him related to the shooting of Philip Woldemarian in Los Angeles, California. He was eventually acquitted and got rid of all his charges.
Terrence Howard was accused of assaulting a flight attendant while he was in mid-flight inside a Continental Airlines aircraft in 2000. He was immediately arrested once the plane landed in Cleveland, Ohio. Due to a lack of jurisdiction, the charges against the
Empire actor were dropped.
Shailene Woodley may look sweet and nice, but don’t be too sure about this girl. She can be tough, too, especially if she has a cause that she truly believes in. In 2016, the
Divergent star was arrested after joining a protest against the Dakota Access Pipeline.
This infamous photo of Nick Nolte was definitely an outrageous mug shot that won’t be easily forgotten. It was in 2002 and Nolte was totally under the influence when he drove his Mercedes across the road. Fortunately, someone from the CHP saw him and stopped him before anyone could have gotten hurt. He was sentenced to three years of probation after pleading no contest to the misdemeanor DUI charge.
It’s never a good decision to side-swipe an official police car just because you wanted to. Unfortunately, Amanda was not in her right frame of mind as she was under the influence when she did the unthinkable to a police vehicle. The
She’s the Man star agreed to a plea deal and was sentenced to three years in probation.
In 1971, 38-year-old Larry King was charged of grand larceny and was arrested in Miami. It turned out that the now CNN journalist failed to pay back money that he owed to a financier and passed bad checks. The case was eventually dismissed after the statute of limitations prescribed.
We remember young Macaulay Caulkin for her adorable acting skills in the
Home Alone series. However, when he grew older, he was known to have a few run-ins with law enforcement due to possession of marijuana. He served three one year deferred sentences and paid a fine of $540.
Tracey Gold from
Growing Pains somehow forgot how to be a responsible mother when she drove their family vehicle under the influence leading to an accident that almost cost her family’s life. Although there were no major injuries, one of her sons sustained a broken clavicle.
Mama June is all about transformation now, but before her fitness goals, this mother had her own run-in with the police. Apparently, she was accused of not being able to make child support payments to her mother, Sandra Hale, who was the legal guardian to Anna Shannon, her daughter. The charges were dropped within the same day.
Who could ever forget Haley Joel Osment? He’s that boy who starred in
A.I. and
Pay It Forward. Seeing his innocent face just makes you want to hug him, right? However, when he became an adult, we saw that the once innocent faced boy can actually break rules when he drove under the influence and ended up crashing his car in LA. He was safely brought to the hospital and briefly stayed there before heading to jail for his mug shot.
Vince Vaughn was arrested in 2001 after getting into a bar brawl in North Carolina. He was filming
Domestic Disturbance at that time and was with actor Steve Buscemi, who got stabed multiple times in that fight.
Sadly, even heartthrob Armie Hammer has his own history of run-in with the law. He admitted that he was arrested in 2011 in a traffic stop in Texas after being caught with three pot brownies and cookies.
Comedian Russell Brand must have had it with the paparazzi when he decided to get one of them’s phone and throw it out of a window. He was charged with criminal damage for his act.
In 2011,
National Treasure actor Nicholas Cage was arrested for disturbing the peace and domestic abuse in New Orleans. The charges against him were eventually dropped due to lack of evidence.
John Mayer may look like the average nice guy but this crooner also has his own story to tell when it comes to brushes with the police. He was arrested in 2001 for driving with a suspended license in Atlanta. However the case was dismissed after a month.
R. Kelly was formally accused of 21 counts of child pornography after a video got leaked online showing him having sex with a minor. The trial for his case took six long years before he was eventually cleared of all charges.
Chace Crawford was much loved in his character as Nate Archibald in
Gossip Girl and a lot of fans were shocked when he was arrested in 2010 for possession of marijuana in Texas. He was supposed to serve six months in jail but he cut a deal to lessen the punishment to community service and probation.
And finally, let us look at this famous image of Elvis Presley as he poses for what look like mug shots. Actually, this image is believed to be not a mug shot at all! Taken on November 1970, the King of Rock and Roll was only posing with his honorary police badge.
Celebrities, just like the rest of us, are only humans. They make mistakes and learn from them. The only difference is that they are famous and everyone gets to see what happens to them as they go along the process of recovering from their misbehavior.
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Source: The Smoking Gun, Radar Online, Top Lawyer
