Five of the most famous athletes to spend time behind bars

Plenty of famous sports stars have had their run-in with the law, some serving short stints in prison and some still behind bars.

With social media and the way news circulates the world today, famous sports star can't keep their private lives to themselves.

Sports stars are seen as role models by the majority of people around the world. However, there are a few bad eggs that slip through the cracks.

These cases range from murder charges to sexual assault and domestic abuse charges. Whatever the case, all of them have led to athletes behind bars.

From NFL, boxing, and athletics, these stars have come from a wide range of sports.

Let's look through five of the most notable cases and the most famous sports star to serve time behind bars.

Undefeated world champion boxer Floyd Mayweather is arguably the greatest boxer of all time, but that didn't stop him from serving prison time in 2012.

Mayweather was sentenced to 90 days behind bars after pleading guilty to a domestic violence charge against his ex-girlfriend, Josie Harris. The boxer only served 60 days of his sentence.

Perhaps the most famous man on this list for his trouble with the law, OJ Simpson was acquitted of a double murder in the 90s, but he soon found trouble again in 2007.

In December 2008, Simpson was sentenced to 33 years imprisonment for Kidnapping and armed robbery of sports memorabilia from a hotel/casino in Las Vegas. The NFL star served nine years behind bars and was paroled in 2017.

Former heavyweight world champion Mike Tyson also has one of the most notable cases in recent memory, serving prison time for the sexual assault of 18-year-old Desiree Washington.

Tyson was sentenced to six years in prison with four years of probation on March 6th, 1992. However, he was released in March 1995, less than three years of his sentence.

Famous South African Paralympic runner Oscar Pistorius was one of the most successful runners in the world, winning six Paralympic gold medals.

The sprinting champion is currently serving a sentence of more than 13 years for the murder of his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp, at their home back in February 2013.

Former NFL player Aaron Hernandez had his fair run-ins with the law up until he took his own life in a prison cell in April 2017.

Hernandez had been suspected of multiple shootings before killing Odin Lloyd on June 17, 2013. Despite that, Hernandez was sentenced to life without parole on April 15, 2015, for the first-degree murder of Odin Lloyd. Two years later, he was found dead in his prison cell.