Fugees felon gets 14 years for illegal Obama donations
Pras Michel arrives at U.S. District Court on March 31, 2023, in Washington, D.C. Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images
Michel was recently ordered to forfeit over $64 million after he was found guilty for his attempts to influence the Trump administration.
‘Next chapter’
A representative named Erica Dumas told Variety, “Throughout his career Pras has broken barriers. This is not the end of his story. He appreciates the outpouring of support as he approaches the next chapter.”
Pras had previously told the outlet that he planned to appeal the outcome of the case, saying he was “going to fight” and “going to appeal.”
“But there’s a possibility that I’m going in while I’m fighting,” he said. “It’s just the reality.”
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Wyclef Jean (L), Pras Michel (C), and Lauryn Hill (R) attend the 24th Annual American Music Awards at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, California, January 1997. Photo by Vinnie Zuffante/Getty Images
Tumultuous trio
The other Fugees members went on to have careers worthy of feature film.
In 2010, Wyclef Jean attempted to run for president of Haiti after a hurricane ravaged the island. He was eventually dropped from the ballot, presumably because he did not meet the country’s residency requirements. It was also revealed in the process that Jean had been claiming he was three years younger than he actually was, admitting he was 40 years old, not 37.
In 2013, Lauryn Hill spent three months in prison for failing to pay around $1 million in taxes. At the time, she compared her experience in the music industry to slavery.
“I am a child of former slaves who had a system imposed on them,” she claimed. “I had an economic system imposed on me.”
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