Foxy Brown pleads to violating probation

NEW YORK, March 1 (UPI) -- Rapper Foxy Brown has pleaded guilty to a probation violation for traveling outside New York without getting permission from authorities.

Despite requests from prosecutors and probation officers to impose jail time on Brown -- whose real name is Inga Marchand -- Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Melissa Jackson said Thursday she'd give Brown one more chance, E! News said.

"Three strikes and you're out. Basically, I'll be giving the keys to the jailhouse to Ms. Marchand," said Jackson. "I'm reserving the right to re-sentence you to jail for one year."

Brown, 27, was sentenced in October to three years' probation, anger management classes and random drug tests after pleading guilty to assaulting two manicurists at a New York nail salon.

Her first strike came in January when she was let go from the anger management program for allegedly threatening an employee.

Her second strike came Feb. 15, when, after leaving town without permission, she was arrested in Florida for allegedly fighting with a beauty supply shop owner and a police officer. She was charged with battery and obstruction of justice.

Washington increased the amount of time Brown must attend anger management seminars and ordered her to attend counseling weekly for the next year.