It was a sad spectacle in a White Plains, NY courtroom today as disgraced track star Marion Jones tearfully pleaded with a judge not to separate her from her two sons. But the judge sentenced the 31-year-old to 6 months in prison for lying about her steroid use and a check fraud scheme.
“I absolutely realize the gravity of the offenses I’ve committed. I want to apologize,” Jones told the court as she began to cry, according to ABC News. “I plead with you,” she said, to not separate “me from my boys even for a short while.”
Jones’ attorneys also pleaded for leniency, but U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas handed down the sentence plus two years probation during which Jones will be required to perform 800 hours of community service.
