Celebrity Justice
Judge to Ja Rule -- No Bailin' Out Your Peeps!

Posted Feb 27th 2008 3:15PM by TMZ Staff

Ja Rule was in court today in Manhattan for a hearing concealed weapons charges, and -- get this --the judge slammed Ja for paying his co-defendants' bail!

The rapper (real name: Jeffrey Atkins) was in Manhattan Supreme Court, and Judge Micki Scherer told Ja that he "put himself in the position of perhaps controlling the outcome of the case" by posting as much as $150,000 for Dennis Cherry and Mohamed Gamal. And the judge ordered the other guys to pay their own bail -- or pay Ja back!

Ja's lawyer indicated that Cherry and Gamal will come up with their own packages. The trio will be back in court March 20. Ja was popped for having a concealed handgun in his car last July.




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1. Thats messed up. People bost bail for others all the time.

Posted at 3:48PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Jade

2. first ha ha ha

Posted at 3:49PM on Feb 27th 2008 by JOE

3. I meant post - I typed fast.

Posted at 3:50PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Jade

4. Idiots !

Posted at 3:53PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Jacqueline Anne

5. PAYING A CO-DEFENDANTS BAIL, OR ANY OTHER MONEY OR PROPERTY TRANSFERRANCE, IS CONCIDERED TO BE .........COLLUSION........

Posted at 3:53PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Constitutional Law Attorney FED ID#2246778907-F7312

6. TYPE-O ....CONSIDERED...

Posted at 3:56PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Constitutional Law Attorney FED ID#2246778907-F7312

7. Hopefully he gets ten years, what a piece of trash.

Posted at 4:24PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Jizy

8. yeh, that judge is just a vengeful idiot. ja rule earned that money and he should be allowed to do whatever he wants withthe money (as long as it is legal); bailing friends out is not breaking the law. some judges ( like this moron) think they have the power to creat laws when in all actuality their responsibility is to interpret it.

Posted at 4:35PM on Feb 27th 2008 by eww

9. it would only be collusion if they had a secret deal going or "An agreement between two or more people to defraud a person of his or her rights or to obtain something that is prohibited by law." at least, that's what legal-dictionary says. However, I'm not a lawyer and i don't really plan on arguing all day about something like this, anyway.

Posted at 4:41PM on Feb 27th 2008 by eww

10. who cares he posted his buds bail? my friend payed my bail and the judge didn't care. but then again i am a white female.

Posted at 5:08PM on Feb 27th 2008 by j.l.

11. Yet another judge bends the law to remove an individuals rights.
It's no wonder US is more like Big Brother every day. The notion of privacy, freedom is vanishing.
And it's no wonder people break the law. Judges routinely operate outside the bounds
of the law. Why is it not ok then for the "common" man to do the same?

Posted at 5:46PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Ja's Judge joking?

12. That is one ugly man.

Posted at 6:35PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Rob

13. Ja Rule was born on Leap Year in 1976...shouldn't he be turning like 8 years old or something on Friday?
Should he technically be tried as an adult????

Touche.

Posted at 6:59PM on Feb 27th 2008 by Miriam

14. Yet another judge bends the law to remove an individuals rights...who cares he posted his buds bail?

Posted at 2:27AM on Feb 28th 2008 by Soundry (clik here)

15. NOW HE'S PAYING THE PRICE OF LIVING.

Posted at 1:53PM on Feb 28th 2008 by miami cpr class

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