Ja Rule News in New York

Rapper JA RULE has been reprimanded by a New York judge for failing to show up for an April (08) court date - because he was on tour in Germany.
On Wednesday (28May08), lawyer Stacey Richman blamed the error on the organisers of the German tour, arguing the dates had been booked by mistake.
Supreme Court Justice Micki Scherer told the star - real name Jeffrey Atkins - it was "no excuse", but granted him a break when she agreed to let him out of the country again for performances in Russia, reports the New York Daily News...