D12 member in JAIL?!

According to sources at E News on line:

"There apparently are no good excuses left for missing court dates. It's better not to have to go to court in the first place, though.

Rap artist Swift was sentenced to 93 days in jail for a probation violation after he missed a court hearing to attend fellow D12 member Proof's funeral Wednesday in Detroit. Swift served as an honorary pallbearer during the memorial service, which drew more than 2,000 people, including Eminem, 50 Cent and Obie Trice.

Swift, whose real name is Ondre Moore, was on probation after being arrested for drunk driving in October. He pleaded guilty Oct. 17 to a charge of driving while visually impaired. Later that same day he tested positive for having drugs in his system and went to jail for two days, according to the Detroit Free Press.

After that incident, Judge Brian MacKenzie sentenced Swift to two years probation and 50 hours of community service and ordered him to seek drug and alcohol counseling. And, as one would guess, he was ordered to stay clean.

In March, however, the rapper tested positive for alcohol and was sent to jail for a week. A hearing to determine whether Swift had violated his probation was scheduled after he failed yet another substance abuse test last week.

Judge MacKenzie issued a bench warrant for Swift and set bail at $500,000 when he failed to show Wednesday. The rapper was picked up by police in a Detroit suburb the next day and again tested positive for alcohol.

"While I recognize the importance of attending a funeral… there is a requirement that you make some effort to comply with a court order," Judge MacKenzie said in court.

The 32-year-old Proof, born Deshaun Holton, was shot to death Apr. 11 after a fight over a pool game allegedly turned into a gun battle. According to witness accounts, Proof shot another man in the head before he was gunned down. That man, Keith Bender Jr., died Tuesday from his injuries. Bender's 28-year-old cousin, Mario Etheridge, was arrested in connection with the shootings and has pleaded not guilty to charges of firing a gun in a public place and carrying a concealed weapon. Etheridge is maintaining that he only fired at Proof in self-defense.

D12--Proof, Swift, Eminem, Kuniva (Von Carlisle), Kon Artis (Denaun Porter) and Bizarre (Rufus Johnson)--was getting ready to record its third album this month. The Detroit-based group's first offering, Devil's Night, sold 4 million copies and its follow-up, D12 World, debuted at number one on the Billboard 200, pushing 544,000 copies its first week out.

One of D12's original members, Bugz (Kornail Pitts), was shot and killed May 21, 1999, during a picnic at Detroit's Belle Isle Park."

My question is this: What's the deal with all these celebrities getting into so much trouble? Do they think they are above the law? Com'on! Let's face the truth, unless you are Britney Spears or Tyra Banks you are going to jail for missing court! When will celebs learn that just because people across the world may know their name, this does not grant them a free ticket to do whatever they please! If regualr people like you and I have to follow rules, then they should have to as well!