He was also ordered to pay a $1,000 fine, about $120 in court fees, $200 state restitution fee and to make a $10,000 charitable donation.
Broadus cannot do the community service with children, gangs or football clubs because, prosecutor Andre Manssourian noted, he already does volunteer work in those areas.
“The spirit of this sentence is not to glorify it in the eyes of the people,” Manssourian said. “This is a punishment.”
Broadus, who is known for his volunteer work with inner-city children and patronage of youth football, seemed puzzled as to why he would not be allowed to serve his sentence doing the work of his choice.
“Why can’t I work with kids?” Broadus asked Judge Erick Larsh. “I do anti-gang stuff. That’s what I do.”
Larsh acknowledged Broadus’ past volunteer work, mentioning he had seen a television show about the rapper’s youth football league.
“It is punishment, and there has to be pain in that punishment,” Larsh replied. “It wouldn’t be punishment if you do something you already do. There has to be that pound of flesh in it.”
How Broadus will spend his community service will be determined sometime within the next two weeks by Orange County prosecutors with the cooperation of the rapper’s defense team.
Broadus left quickly after the hearing, not speaking to reporters, but he did wave on his way out to a group of smiling staff members in the Orange County District Attorney’s office on the second floor of the courthouse.
The rapper was on his way to practice for one of the youth football teams he sponsors, his attorney said after the hearing.
Broadus, 35, was charged with carrying an illegal weapon into John Wayne Airport last September. Orange County Sheriff’s deputies arrested Broadus after airport security screeners found a collapsible baton in his laptop case.
