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In the courtroom, they said that I was to blame because I'm Gigi Allen.

And today we're looking at 50 terrible crimes allegedly committed by musicians that shocked the world and impacted their careers.

The abuse took place at the height of Glitter's fame.

One of the girls was younger than 10 when she was a tat.

Arthur Lee Love if I blink right now I'm telling a lie if I blink right now I'm telling the truth Arthur Lee rose to fame leading the psychedelic rock band Love, whose 1967 album Forever Changes eventually earned a Grammy hall of Fame spot.

While this music garnered acclaim, his personal life was plagued by crime.

He had already been jailed for arson and faced multiple arrests for drugs and assault, among other offenses.

Mistakes that people have choices to make.

When you're at the crossroads, sometimes you make the wrong.

His troubles escalated, leading to his most serious conviction in 1996.

That year, he was arrested for illegally possessing and firing a gun in public.

Lee denied it and was sentenced to 12 years in prison.

Though appeals saw him released early, the damage was was lasting.

Upon release, Lee tried to rebuild his career.

His genius remained, but so did the shadow of his crime.

Billy Preston was so talented, he was famously dubbed the fifth Beatle after lending his genius to that legendary group.

Yet behind the spotlight, his personal life was anything but golden.

Preston racked up charges ranging from indecent assault involving a minor to attacking someone with a weapon.

And his drug problems only made things worse.

In the 90s, he got arrested for cocaine possession and remanded to rehab.

But violating probation landed him in prison.

While locked up, he was even indicted for insurance fraud and pleaded guilty serving additional time.

Preston's life proved that a chain of destructive choices can ruin your legacy.

Music star Pete Doherty, co frontman of the Libertines, may well be remembered not for his music, but

From 2003 to 2017, he was arrested multiple times, from burglaring his bandmate's flat in 2003 to theft, drug possession, drunk or drug fueled driving, and

His crimes knew no bounds, never growing up an indie boy fantasy that never gets old.

Only this year, Doherty turned 40, an age he once thought he'd never reached.

Doherty's destructive descent into heroin addiction is well documented.

Pete tried time and again to break free from substance use disorder.

Courts ordered rehabs and driving bans kept him off the road, and

he was even refused entry into the us but each attempt at redemption was undone by another relapse.

Pete finally claimed sobriety, but we can't help but remember the footprint of chaos he has left behind.

You know I didn't feel so bad Till the good old sun went down I didn't have a soul to throw my arms around.

Before he became a blues legend, Son House was a preacher who wanted nothing to do with secular music.

But in 1927, he swapped sermons for songs and stepped into the world of blues with a guitar in hand.

With whiskey and trouble never far behind, House played in juke joints.

One night while House performed, a gunman opened fire, wounding him.

House shot back, killed the man and was later convicted.

Given a 15 year jail term at Parchman, he served just two before walking free.

After release, he teamed up with Charlie Patton and later found fame in the folk revival.

Ironically, the music that once dragged him into crime became the very thing that immortalized him.

Culture Club's lead singer, Boy George once had the world in his hands.

Chart topping hits, bold style and a Persona that lit up the 80s.

But beneath all that, his struggle with substance use disorder simmered dangerously.

He'd been arrested for suspected drug possession, though never charged.

In 2007, George violently assaulted and unlawfully imprisoned a male escort, Auden Carlson, after what began as a photo session.

The musician was found guilty last month of falsely imprisoning male escort Auden Carlson.

He says it was in this flat in Shoreditch, East London, that Boy George whipped him with a metal chain and shackled him as he tried to escape.

The gruesome encounter shocked fans worldwide.

The following year, George was convicted and handed a 15 month prison sentence, though he'd served just four before being released under curfew and monitoring.

For George, who had once embodied glamour and success, his conviction remains a lasting disgrace.

When I went to trial, I was a year clean, so I was already sober.

So that person I was in court and the person that had been arrested, they were two different people.

Stuart Leslie Goddard, better known as Adam Ants, was once the glittering face of the New Wave era, leading his group Adam and the Ants to international fame.

But away from the spotlight was a man with serious mental health struggles, something he spoke about openly as a performer.

You know, there's certain things in music you can do, but

it's also it goes very quickly with acting.

I like the pace of it and making records and performing something that's in my heart.

In 2002, things took a different turn when he smashed a pub window with a car alternator and later waved a starting pistol, frightening those inside.

Adam was charged with property damage and disturbing public order, then sentenced to 12 months of rehabilitation under a suspended sentence.

Just a year later, he was arrested again for suspected criminal damage, but directed to hospital care instead.

For all of Adam's brilliance, it's the battles within that cast the darkest shadow.

And there was a part of me niggling, saying, you know, really get, you should get back in and do this.

You should really, because there's a part of me that, that, that, you know, was.

American singer Chris Brown, known for his electrifying voice and jaw dropping dance moves, had the world at his feet.

He dated Rihanna and they became one of music's power couples.

But their relationship took a tragic turn in 2009.

A heated argument spiraled out and Brown physically assaulted her, leaving Rihanna hospitalized.

Do you really get the severity of what happened?

I think what it is when people see me smiling and kind of nonchalantly giving answers or saying things, I'm human.

Brown pleaded guilty to felony charges and was sentenced to five years of probation with a restraining order.

In a surprising twist, Rihanna confirmed in 2013 that they were dating again.

More than a decade later, the incident continues to overshadow his achievements.

Brown's once thriving career has become a ghost of itself.

C Murder was a fast rising rapper on no Limits Records, a label founded by his brother Master P.

He was beginning to carve his own name in hip hop.

But in 2002, his career derailed after a nightclub altercation turned deadly.

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