Best Song of 2002: Heat #2

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Princess Superstar, Truth Hurts and Puretone all tied for the lead, with Missy and Christina making up our five qualifiers in Heat #1. Poor old Abs.

Next up we have a heat packed with so much awesome stuff that I'm beginning to regret changing the rules...

• You now only get SIX TICKS over the three bits of the poll. Oh, stop your whingeing! It'll make for a more interesting top 40 at the end.



• The top five will still go through to the next stage, but now it's going to be that little bit tougher to get there. If your favourite song isn't doing so well then try and convince people in the comments as to why it's so good!



• If you want to change your vote (or tick too many by mistake), you can edit your votes by clicking on 'Poll #12345' then 'Fill Out Poll'.



• You have until Tuesday lunchtime to vote.

[Poll #1459239]


Q for the comments box: What's the best song up there that you hadn't heard before today? If you tell us all what you liked about it I'll give you an extra nomination spot for 2003...

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Mindy McCready 3

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[edit]Roger Clemens affair

In April 2008, the New York Daily News reported on a possible long-term relationship between McCready and baseball star Roger Clemens that began when she was 15 years old.[13]

Clemens' attorney Rusty Hardin denied the affair and also stated that Clemens would be bringing a defamation suit regarding this false allegation. Clemens' attorney admitted that a relationship existed, but described McCready as a "close family friend." He also stated that McCready had traveled on Clemens' personal jet and that Clemens' wife was aware of the relationship.[13] Clemens issued a statement saying only that "I have made mistakes in my personal life for which I am sorry."[14] However, McCready confirmed the relationship as being sexual in nature.[15]

On November 17, 2008, McCready spoke in more detail to Inside Edition about her affair with Clemens. She stated that their relationship lasted for more than a decade, and that it ended when Clemens refused to leave his wife to marry McCready. However, she denied that she was 15 years old when it began, saying that they met when she was 16 and the affair only became sexual "several years later". [16]

[edit]Legal troubles

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In August 2004, McCready was arrested in Tennessee for using a fake prescription to buy the painkiller OxyContin. Although she initially denied the charge, she pleaded guilty and was fined $4,000, sentenced to three years probation, and ordered to perform 200 hours of community service.[17][18]

In May 2005, she was stopped by Nashville police for speeding and then arrested and charged with driving under the influence and driving with a suspended license.[19] A jury later found her not guilty on the charges of DUI, but guilty of driving with a suspended license.[20] That July, she was charged in Arizona with identity theft, unlawful use of transportation, unlawful imprisonment, and hindering prosecution.[21]

An arrest warrant was issued for McCready the following month for violation of her probation when she left Tennessee without permission from her probation officer. McCready was also charged with not reporting to her probation officer during the month of July.[22] She was finally arrested in Florida and returned to Tennessee. McCready faced a hearing later that year on charges of violating her probation on a drug charge by failing to check in with her probation officer and leaving the state without permission to go to Florida.[23]

In July 2007, McCready was arrested in Ft. Myers, Florida. She was charged with battery and resisting arrest for an apparent scuffle with her mother.[24] The following week, she was taken into custody at the Nashville International Airport for violating probation.[25] In September, McCready was sentenced to a year in jail for violating probation. In addition to the jail time, she was ordered to serve two more years of probation and perform 200 additional hours of community service. She was released from jail in December.[26]

In June 2008, McCready was arrested in Tennessee for violating the terms of her probation set in September 2007.[27] Sentenced to 60 days in jail, McCready turned herself in on September 30, 2008.[28] After serving half of her sentence, she was released early for good behavior on October 31, 2008.[29]

Go, go, get away!