Bruno Mars Due in Court in Cocaine Plea Deal
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) Singer Bruno Mars is due before a Las Vegas judge Friday on a plea agreement on a felony cocaine possession charge.
Prosecutors and his attorneys say the 25-year-old Grammy nominee, whose real name is Peter Hernandez, plans to waive an evidentiary hearing so a justice of the peace can bind him over to state court for his plea.
The agreement will let him plead guilty as a first-time offender to a charge that would be dismissed if he stays out of trouble for a year, completes community service and drug counseling, and pays a $2,000 fine.
The "Just the Way You Are" singer was arrested in September after a Las Vegas nightclub performance. Police said he had 2.6 grams of cocaine.
Mars is nominated for seven awards at next Sunday's Grammy Awards.
