"Prominent Hip-Hop Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Leaking Evidence in Fugees Rapper's Case"

Lawyer David Kenner, who defended Fugees rapper Pras Michél, pleaded guilty to criminal contempt of court for leaking confidential evidence, including grand jury materials, to Bloomberg News before Michél’s conviction in a foreign embezzlement scheme. Kenner faced up to six months in jail but was sentenced to one year of unsupervised probation and a $5,000 fine. Michél, convicted of 10 federal crimes related to money laundering and illegal lobbying, has yet to be sentenced.