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Donda West's Plastic Surgeon Jailed for DUI

Jan Adams had 2 previous arrests, gets a year in the clink

By Evann Gastaldo,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 8, 2009 8:19 AM CST
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(Newser) – Jan Adams, the plastic surgeon who operated on Kanye West’s mother before she died, has been jailed for a year in his third DUI, E! Online reports. The doc pleaded no contest after last June’s incident, in which he was caught driving his Jaguar the wrong way on a California highway with a blood alcohol level of .20. Donda West died November 2007 of a combination of a heart condition and complications from surgery.

Kanye West performs with his mother, Donda West, outdoors during a taping of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, in this May, 2006 file photo, in Burbank, Calif.
Kanye West performs with his mother, Donda West, outdoors during a taping of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," in this May, 2006 file photo, in Burbank, Calif.   (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, file)
This booking photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Jan Adams after his Dec. 29, 2006, arrest for alleged DUI.
This booking photo provided by the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department shows Jan Adams after his Dec. 29, 2006, arrest for alleged DUI.   (AP Photo/L.A. County Sheriff's Dept, file)
Kanye West and his mother Donda hold his three awards backstage at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards in this Feb. 8, 2006, file photo in Los Angeles.
Kanye West and his mother Donda hold his three awards backstage at the 48th Annual Grammy Awards in this Feb. 8, 2006, file photo in Los Angeles.   (AP Photo/Reed Saxon, file)
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Jan 7, 2009 8:50 PM CST
Hello, I hope things go well for you Kanye. I do not want to throw off the subject, but me and my husband was talking the other day about these people who are drinking a lot. It makes me so mad that to me it seems as if they can get away with a lot of things. I have been hearing alot about what a druken driver has been into or has caused deaths, serious injuries, and etc, they get picked up and then they are released and back out on the streets, what kind of justice is that. If that was one of us they would want to keep us in jail. That is just like the government is wanting to add a lot of taxes to cigarettes, although we can not even go into any kind of store and buy (say a can pepsi) cheaper, the drinkers can buy booze cheaper than we can drink cold poops. Why want the government even try to raise taxes on booze of all kinds? The world has become I do not know what, instead the government wants to do what they want. Where has our thoughts, and rights gone? Anyway, my prayers go out to you and your family. I sure hope you can get justice out of this. Sincerly, troop374hllndl@aol.com Bonnie (Mississippi)

He also lost his medical license
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