TBO.com - TBO is Tampa Bay Online

Sierra Due In Court Thursday

ADVERTISEMENT

By THOMAS W.  KRAUSE | The Tampa Tribune

Published: December 4, 2007

VIDEOS: Arrest Video | Jail Video | Court Video

Read The Report | Previous Coverage

TAMPA - Former "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sierra is scheduled to appear in court Thursday morning to address her most recent charges: misdemeanor disorderly intoxication, resisting arrest without violence and violation of probation.

Sierra, 22, will appear in a special court set up solely for probation violators. She has been held at Orient Road Jail without bail since Saturday.

Jessica Sierra

According to police reports, Sierra was kicked out of Full Moon Saloon in Ybor City. Outside the club, Sierra continued to cause a disturbance by trying to get back in and harassing patrons on the street, authorities said. When police intervened, she became combative, they said.

In a police car, reports state, she vomited, cursed, yelled racial slurs and offered a sexual favor to an officer if he would release her.

Sierra, who grew up in Tampa, was a 2005 Top 10 finalist on "American Idol." After a felony battery arrest in April at a Hyde Park nightclub, Sierra was placed on probation. Her attorney said she had completed a drug and alcohol rehabilitation program in California that was filmed and is scheduled to be aired on VH1 in January as a reality show: "Celebrity Rehab With Dr. Drew."

After her previous arrest, she pleaded no contest to felony battery. Police said she hit a man with a bar glass. Sierra at first claimed the man had spit on her. She later said she might have mistaken him for someone else.

Reporter Thomas W. Krause can be reached at (813) 259-7698 or tkrause@tampatrib.com.

Share this:

Loading Comments...

Email Print

ADVERTISEMENT