Adrien Broner sentenced to 30 days in jail for contempt

Published Jul. 19, 2016 5:15 p.m. ET

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Per the Cincinnati Inquirer and Cincinnati.com, former world champion boxer Adrien Broner was sentenced to 30 days in jail for failing to show up to court in a timely manner for his scheduled trial.

At this point, you're probably thinking: "Well, why didn't he show up on time?"

Broner's sentencing comes a mere day after he took to Twitter to announce his new "lifestyle":

Per the same report: Broner's attorney, Will Welsh, says that Broner has accepted the judge's ruling and will serve his sentence before his trial is scheduled to resume upon his release.

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