Nick Hogan Requests To Be Placed Under House Arrest
Nick Hogan-Bollea, who was sentenced to 8 months in jail and has been sitting in solitary confinement, because he is too young to join the general population, has recently requested that he be placed under house arrest, until July 27, his 18th birthday, or be moved into minimum security lock-up.
Because Bollea is a minor, he has been isolated in a maximum security cell at Pinellas County Jail and according to his lawyer Kevin Heyslett, has lost 10 pounds and has no access to a telephone or TV privileges enjoyed by inmates serving time for similar offenses.
"Understandably, this situation creates an unbearable anxiety for a minor in solitary confinement," Hayslett wrote in court documents filed Friday. "This sort of confinement "substantially amounts to cruel and unusual punishment for a juvenile and is not warranted for a non-violent first offender serving a probation sentence."
Bollea was sentenced May 9 after pleading no contest to one count of reckless driving involving serious bodily injury, punishment for a DUI crash that left his passenger, John Graziano, severely injured and in a coma.
Bollea has also received five years' probation (starting when he reported to jail), 500 hours of community service and a strict order to steer clear of alcohol throughout. He also had his license revoked for three years and was ordered to attend DUI school.
