Plea bargain keeps fractious 50 on the street

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Rapper 50 Cent has dodged a prison sentence following his violent outburst at his baby mother’s house back in June by striking a plea deal with prosecutors.

‘Fiddy’ – real name Curtis Jackson – got into an argument with Daphne Joy, mother of his second child, which escalated to the point where he kicked her and vandalised property worth some $7,100. The “I Get Money” rapper was charged with one count of misdemeanour domestic violence and four counts of misdemeanour vandalism, to which he pled not guilty.

Jackson’s legal team report that an agreement was arrived at that would keep him out of jail. The more serious domestic violence charge was dropped in exchange for a ‘no contest’ plea to one count of vandalism. The rapper was hit with three years probation and thirty days of community service. He was als