TAMPA - A Hillsborough County Circuit Court judge granted former "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sierra a travel permit for up to 45 days so she can get treatment in California. ...more

January 10, 2008

BRANDON - Former "American Idol" finalist Jessica Sierra won't leave for rehabilitation in California today after all, Assistant State Attorney Pam Bondi said. ...more

January 9, 2008

The Hillsborough County courthouse had its own version of a reality program Monday morning, complete with a gruff judge, big-name lawyers, a dramatically tearful would-be starlet and a celebrity doctor. ...more

January 8, 2008

TAMPA – El juez Daniel Perry se mostró renuente en enviar a Jessica Sierra por un año a un centro de tratamiento de drogas en California, pero al final aceptó. ...more

January 7, 2008

TAMPA - Judge Daniel Perry said he was reluctant but agreed to send Jessica Sierra for a yearlong stint at an in-house drug treatment facility in California. ...more

January 7, 2008

Fallen "American Idol" star Jessica Sierra stood in a courtroom Thursday morning, trying in vain to cover the worried look on her face with her long brown hair. ...more

December 7, 2007

TAMPA - Fallen "American Idol" star Jessica Sierra stood in the courtroom this morning, her long brown hair covering the worried look on her face. Her attorney, John Fitzgibbons, told Circuit Judge Daniel Perry that he wasn't ready to directly address the charges against Sierra but would enter a plea of not guilty on her behalf to charges of disorderly intoxication and misdemeanor resisting an officer without violence. ...more

December 6, 2007