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Legal
Sly Stone denies cocaine possession
By CMU Editorial | Published on Friday 17 June 2011
Funk star Sly Stone, real name Sylvester Stewart, appeared in a Californian court on Wednesday to plead not guilty to charges of cocaine possession.
The former Sly And The Family Stone frontman was arrested on 1 Apr after his van was pulled over in LA for a minor traffic offence. His passenger was found to be carrying two rocks of cocaine, and both men were arrested.
Insisting that Stone had nothing to do with the drugs, his lawyer Peter Knecht said: “A lot of musicians hang out with people who have drugs. How are they supposed to know?”
Knecht added that he felt his client was being punished for past run-ins with the law over drugs and weapons possession, saying: “You can’t punish a guy for what he did 40 years ago, 30 years ago”.
Stone will next appear in court on 19 Jul.
