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10-15-2002, 10:30 AM
http://www.cnn.com/2002/SHOWBIZ/Music/10/12/tommy.lee.ap/
Rock star Tommy Lee has proposed settling his punishment for spousal abuse by performing concerts at military bases around the world.
If Lee is allowed to follow through with the idea, proposed Thursday during a probation hearing, Superior Court Judge Lawrence Mira expressed optimism that the musician may be released from probation before its May 2003 expiration date while satisfying his remaining 237 hours of community service.
The 40-year-old former Motley Crue drummer was charged in February 1998 with spousal abuse, child abuse and a firearms violation after his then-wife, Pamela Anderson, called police from her Malibu home and reported she had been assaulted during an argument.
Lee pleaded no contest to felony corporal injury to a spouse and was sentenced to terms of 180 days in jail and three years in state prison, both of which were suspended.
He's set to return to court for another hearing April 10, when Mira could chose to release him from probation.
"He's done everything he's supposed to do except his community service," said prosecutor Kathryn Solorzano. "He has a great incentive to finish it by April 10th."
Lee's probation was extended in May 2000 to its current date after it was discovered he violated the court's order by drinking alcohol. The additional community service hours involve a Beverly Hills battery case.
Rock star Tommy Lee has proposed settling his punishment for spousal abuse by performing concerts at military bases around the world.
If Lee is allowed to follow through with the idea, proposed Thursday during a probation hearing, Superior Court Judge Lawrence Mira expressed optimism that the musician may be released from probation before its May 2003 expiration date while satisfying his remaining 237 hours of community service.
The 40-year-old former Motley Crue drummer was charged in February 1998 with spousal abuse, child abuse and a firearms violation after his then-wife, Pamela Anderson, called police from her Malibu home and reported she had been assaulted during an argument.
Lee pleaded no contest to felony corporal injury to a spouse and was sentenced to terms of 180 days in jail and three years in state prison, both of which were suspended.
He's set to return to court for another hearing April 10, when Mira could chose to release him from probation.
"He's done everything he's supposed to do except his community service," said prosecutor Kathryn Solorzano. "He has a great incentive to finish it by April 10th."
Lee's probation was extended in May 2000 to its current date after it was discovered he violated the court's order by drinking alcohol. The additional community service hours involve a Beverly Hills battery case.