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Foxy Gives Judge Earful, Gets Denied

Tue., Jan. 29, 2008 8:41 AM PST by Gina Serpe

Foxy Brown will not be given a get-out-of-jail-free card. Not even a temporary one.

A New York judge has denied the rapper's request for a premature end to her yearlong jail stint in order to travel to California for an ear examination and possible repair of a troublesome cochlear implant.

State Supreme Court Justice Melissa Jackson put the damper on Brown's travel plans last Thursday, when she ruled that the 29-year-old, whose ear problems have a history of coinciding and often interfering with her legal woes, would not be allowed to leave the state for medical attention.

Attorneys for Brown, whose real name is Inga Marchand, petitioned the court that the adverse effects of the rapper's electronic ear implant had worsened in jail and she potentially faces serious harm to her hearing unless she receives treatment—in this case, the repair and reprogramming of the implant.

Attorney Laura Dilimetin argued that Brown, who first made public her hearing issues during a 2004 court date, required the services of specialists at the Los Angeles House Clinic, the center where she received her initial treatment for the sudden hearing loss. Prosecutors, however, said the "Chyna Doll" artist could just as easily make do with more localized medical services and called the request, which included a four-page letter penned by a "terrified" Brown, a "desperate and frivolous petition."

"I am terrified of not hearing a fire alarm go off, or being locked in a cell and someone not being kind enough to let me out, since not everyone understands the severity of my condition," she wrote.

Unfortunately for Brown, the letter was not enough to sway Jackson, however, who sided with the Manhattan district attorneys. The judge did not deny the rapper treatment, simply treatment in California.

Brown has been in lockup since September, when she was sentenced to one year behind bars after violating probation in a well-publicized assault case. The rapper previously pleaded guilty to misdemeanor assault of two manicurists at a Manhattan nail salon back in August 2004.