Anna Sorokin, the con artist who became the subject of Netflix's 'Inventing Anna' after posing as a wealthy German heiress named Anna Delvey, announced in January 2023 that she has signed on to star in an unscripted reality series while under house arrest—which she is serving after being found guilty of eight charges in 2019, including attempted grand larceny in the first, second, and third degree, as well as theft of services.

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In May 2011, former baseball star Lenny Dykstra was indicted on bankruptcy fraud charges. He was given house arrest while he awaited trial.

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Sources suggest that he spent the house arrest at a friend’s home in West Hollywood. Ultimately he was found guilty of three felonies and given, among other things, a prison sentence.

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Founder of the entertainment brand Girls Gone Wild, Joe Francis found himself in trouble for federal tax evasion back in 2009.

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Sources suggest that he turned up several hours late for his hearing in February of that year and was placed under house arrest while he awaited his March trial date.

Sources: (LA Times) (E! Online) (TMZ)

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Although she seems to have stayed on the straight and narrow for the last few years, former child star Lindsay Lohan had a number of run-ins with the law in her day.

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In 2011, she appeared in court charged with stealing a necklace. She was sentenced to 35 hours of house arrest, 480 hours of community service, and an anti-shoplifting class.

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In a particularly famous celebrity sentencing, TV personality Martha Stewart was given a custodial sentence after she lied to federal investigators about a stock sale.

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She served part of her sentence behind bars, and part of it on her 153-acre estate in Bedford, New York. According to CNN, she bought the place for US$16 million in 2000.

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Socialite Paris Hilton was sentenced to 45 days in jail after she plead guilty to drunk driving back in 2007. After a few days, she was released to home confinement.

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However, she only spent one night under house arrest before her original sentence was reinstated and she was sent back to jail to complete her time.

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Esteemed actor Robert Downey Jr. was taken into custody in 2001 for being under the influence. He was placed on house arrest shortly after.

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The episode was just one in a series of legal troubles for the star, although he eventually managed to turn his life around after going back to rehab.

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In 2013, singer Lauryn Hill was found guilty of tax evasion and her sentence involved, among other things, spending three months under house arrest.

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The house arrest portion of her sentence was postponed, however, when the judge allowed her to go on tour straight after her release from prison.

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In 2009, disgraced director Roman Polanski swapped jail for his luxury chalet in Gstaad, Switzerland. He stayed there under house arrest, although apparently he could throw parties.

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He was being detained by Swiss authorities at the request of LA authorities, who wanted to extradite him on sex offense charges.

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As a youngster rapper, TI was in and out of trouble and served custodial sentences on a number of occasions.

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In 2008, he pled guilty to US federal weapons charges and was sentenced to an undefined prison sentence, a year of house arrest, and 1,500 hours of community service.

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Bobby Brown has fallen foul of the law many times, and when he violated bail in 2003 he was sentenced to 14 days in jail and 60 days of house arrest.

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According to MSNBC, he also got time in 2004 for a number of bail violations, one of which was failing to prove he had completed his 2003 house arrest sentence.

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Former NFL star Michael Vick became known for more than just football when he was found guilty of being involved in an illegal dog fighting ring in 2007.

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He was given a 23-month sentence, part of which he was allowed to spend under house arrest at home because there was no room for him at a halfway house.

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‘Real Housewives of New Jersey’ star Teresa Giudice and her former husband Joe Giudice were sentenced to jail time after they were found guilty of fraud.

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Teresa served the best part of a year in jail, but towards the end of her sentence she was placed under house arrest instead. She stayed there for around a month and a half.

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In 2009, the late investment adviser Bernie Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison, the maximum possible sentence, after he was found guilty of running a US$50 billion Ponzi scheme.

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Rather than awaiting his trial in jail, Madoff was allowed to stay in his US$7 million apartment in Park Avenue, New York. While he was there, he remained under electronic monitoring.

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After he was indicted on charges of sex offenses in 2011, former IMF head Dominique Strauss-Kahn was placed under house arrest at his apartment in New York.

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He awaited news of the development of his case at his lavish home in Manhattan until he was released less than two months later. The charges were ultimately dropped.

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In May 2011, former baseball star Lenny Dykstra was indicted on bankruptcy fraud charges. He was given house arrest while he awaited trial.

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Sources suggest that he spent the house arrest at a friend’s home in West Hollywood. Ultimately he was found guilty of three felonies and given, among other things, a prison sentence.

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Founder of the entertainment brand Girls Gone Wild, Joe Francis found himself in trouble for federal tax evasion back in 2009.

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Sources suggest that he turned up several hours late for his hearing in February of that year and was placed under house arrest while he awaited his March trial date.

Sources: (LA Times) (E! Online) (TMZ)

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Stars who have served house arrest

Which celebrities have served house arrest?

06/01/24 | StarsInsider

CELEBRITY Crime

You might argue that celebs differ from normal folk in a number of ways (more money, more fame, etc.). However, immunity from the law does not feature on the list (at least not when it's serious). The rule of law states that no one is above the law and that everyone, stars and regular people alike, must operate within it or face the consequences.

If convicted of a crime, we can all face criminal penalties, such as prison time, fines, and community service. One of the more lenient sentences is house arrest, which serves to punish people by limiting their freedom to go about their lives freely by confining them to their homes. Granted serving house arrest is not quite the same if your house is a multi-million dollar mansion, but celebs nonetheless face reduced freedom while under home confinement.

Curious for more? Check out this gallery to find out which celebrities have served house arrest.