From Prison to Paid: Celebrities Who Did Time Before Their Shine!

6. Don King

King was accused of many crimes back in the day as the head of a Cleveland gambling operation, including the murder of a man in 1954. Apparently, King shot him after he caught him breaking into his shop. Amazingly, the shooting was ruled self-defense and King went on being, well, Don King. In 1966, however, his luck ran out when he was again busted by the law. It would seem that King got into a fight with an employee named Sam Garrett over money, naturally, and during the fight, Garrett hit his head on the pavement and died. Some believe that he was actually stomped to death by King and apparently it was all enough for King to finally get convicted of manslaughter. He served only four years before being released and making the fateful decision to abandon gambling for the cleaner world of professional boxing where he famously served as a pristine promoter and a role model for a young boxer, Mike Tyson.