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Sierra Out For Troops Concert

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TBO Staff

Published: December 8, 2007

Jessica Sierra's Ybor City antics have cost her a patriotic gig.

Sierra's web site shows that she planned to sing at the "A Song for Their Service" concert for
American troops set for Dec. 14 in Washington D.C.

That's not going to happen, said retired Lt. Col. Buzz Patterson, of MoveAmericaForward.org, the group sponsoring the concert.

"To set the record straight, Ms. Sierra will not be participating in this concert," Patterson wrote in a news release. "While we appreciate Ms. Sierra's past efforts to support U.S. troops, including performing for them in Iraq on Independence Day, it is quite obvious that Ms. Sierra need to devote a great deal of time to putting her life back together. That effort must take place in private and not in the limelight of the public eye or on stage."

Sierra, a 2005 American Idol finalist, grew up in Tampa. She faces a violation of probation charge following her arrest for disorderly intoxication in Ybor City on Dec. 1.

After a felony battery arrest in April at a Hyde Park nightclub, she 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 used a bar glass to hit a man. Sierra at first said the man had spit on her, then later said she might have mistaken him for someone else.

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