{"id":10791,"date":"2013-10-05T06:39:52","date_gmt":"2013-10-05T06:39:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/lauryn-hill-released-from-jail\/"},"modified":"2013-10-05T06:39:20","modified_gmt":"2013-10-05T06:39:20","slug":"lauryn-hill-released-from-jail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/lauryn-hill-released-from-jail\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauryn Hill released from jail"},"content":{"rendered":"

{{Grammy-winning American soul singer Lauryn Hill was released from a US prison on Friday after being jailed in July for failing to file her tax returns on time, her lawyer said.}}<\/p>\n

The 38-year-old is a former member of The Fugees, famous for hits such as Killing Me Softly and whose 1996 album The Score became one of the best-selling hip hop albums of all time.<\/p>\n

Hill will now serve three months house arrest after leaving a low-security federal prison in Danbury, Connecticut, 112km from New York City.<\/p>\n

Her lawyer Nathan Hochman told press that his client had paid back nearly $1m owed in federal and state taxes after making a guilty plea in court.<\/p>\n

“She was released today and now she begins a one-year period of probation,” Hochman said. The year starts with the three months confinement at home.<\/p>\n

Hochman said he had not yet spoken to his client since her release.<\/p>\n

The Fugees won a clutch of Grammys in 1997. Hill’s 1998 solo album The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill was released to rave reviews, went platinum and earned her several more awards.<\/p>\n

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– AFP<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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