{"id":272775,"date":"2018-03-28T06:00:06","date_gmt":"2018-03-27T20:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=272775"},"modified":"2018-03-28T06:00:06","modified_gmt":"2018-03-27T20:00:06","slug":"grammy-winner-serve-sentence-hi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/grammy-winner-serve-sentence-hi\/","title":{"rendered":"Grammy winner to serve sentence in HI"},"content":{"rendered":"

HAGATNA, Guam <\/strong>(AP)\u2014A Grammy Award-winning singer who gained fame for hits from \u201cJesus Christ Superstar\u201d and \u201cSaturday\u00a0Night Fever\u201d and pleaded guilty to drug possession charges in Guam will be able to serve her sentence in Hawaii, her lawyer said.<\/p>\n

Yvonne Marianne Elliman-Alexander, 66, who performs under her maiden name Yvonne Elliman, and her husband, Allen Bernard Alexander, were sentenced Tuesday\u00a0in the U.S. territory, where they had gone to perform at a benefit concert.<\/p>\n

Their attorney, Mike Phillips, told The Associated Press they received a 14-day sentence\u00a0Tuesday\u00a0that they will be able to serve by observing courtroom proceedings of a drug offender probation program in Honolulu. They will likely have to do that for 13 days because they will receive credit for one day of incarcerated time served, Phillips said. They both pleaded guilty to felony drug possession charges in August.<\/p>\n

After a court appearance\u00a0Monday\u00a0in Guam, Elliman-Alexander said she and her husband had performed about 120 hours of community service in Hawaii, where they live.<\/p>\n

\u201cGet help, and when you\u203are feeling stronger, help others,\u201d Elliman-Alexander said. \u201cI think that\u203as why we did so well because we did help other people.\u201d<\/p>\n

Airport officers said they found marijuana in Alexander\u2019s belongings and crystal-like rocks and a glass pipe in Elliman-Alexander\u2019s belongings, the Pacific Daily News reported .<\/p>\n

The couple were arrested in Guam, but the concert they performed to benefit a Catholic school went forward even though the archdiocese on the heavily Catholic island opposed it.<\/p>\n

Phillips said his clients have completed everything they were assigned \u2014 making him optimistic about their upcoming sentence.<\/p>\n

The court previously granted the couple\u203as request to leave Guam and return to Hawaii to care for Elliman-Alexander\u2019s ailing mother after they pleaded guilty. They have been checking in with probation officials through email.<\/p>\n

Elliman-Alexander had her first hit, \u201cI Don\u2019t Know How to Love Him\u201d from \u201cJesus Chris Superstar,\u201d and she played Mary Magdalene in the 1973 movie version of the Broadway hit. She also performed \u201cIf I Can\u2019t Have You\u201d on the \u201cSaturday\u00a0Night Fever\u201d soundtrack, which won a Grammy for album of the year in 1978.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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