It takes a very special man to be able to get arrested four times in ten months, and an even specialer man to be able to cock a snook every time a judge tries to be halfway lenient about it all – ladies and gentlemen, Busta Rhymes is that man.

Despite spending the best part of his recent life being arrested for beating up a bunch of people, driving on a suspended licence and driving drunk, Busta Rhymes seems to think that he'll be able to escape all of his charges in court. That's the only explanation as to why Busta Rhymes has rejected a plea deal that would have limited his sentence to a year in jail. Well, not the only explanation, obviously – the other one is that he's a total dribble-mouth butterbrain of a nobsack who's too dumbly proud to admit that he's ever effing wrong. But that's all conjecture on our part.  

Usually when someone is offered a plea bargain in court, it's along the line of "you had cocaine in your flat you naughty boy, say sorry and we'll let you sweep up a road" or "you threw a phone at the back of your maid's head you awful girl, say sorry and we'll let you sweep up a road." But in the case of Busta Rhymes, the road-sweeping line was crossed long ago.

Ever since Busta Rhymes has failed to cooperate with police over the fatal shooting of bodyguard Israel Ramirez, Busta Rhymes has been getting in an awful lot of trouble. An autograph hunter launched a lawsuit after Busta Rhymes apparently beat him up and then Busta Rhymes was arrested for assault and then Busta Rhymes was arrested for assault again and then there was an arrest for driving with a suspended license and then the NYPD kicked Busta Rhymes off his own movie set and then Busta Rhymes was arrested for drink driving.

Aside from the movie set thing and the autograph hunter thing, Busta Rhymes has gone to court to face all of the above. And the American court system being what it is, a plea deal was offered yesterday. However, Busta Rhymes being who he is – seemingly a man who couldn't not break the law for a millisecond if you tied him up and threw him into a padded cellar – the plea deal offered was a little more than a five-day roadsweeping jaunt.

In fact, the plea deal in its entirety consisted of a $1,500 fine, a spot on an anti-drunken driving program and – most seriously – a full year in jail. And Busta Rhymes turned it down, as Reuters reports:

Grammy-nominated rapper Busta Rhymes turned down a plea deal on Tuesday that would have sent him to jail for one year, the Manhattan district attorney's office said. Rhymes has been arrested four times in 10 months, most recently on May 3 on suspicion of drunken driving. He also faces two charges for assault and one for driving with a suspended license.

Remember that a year in jail was supposed to be a kind offer – that says a lot about the type of punishment Busta Rhymes can expect if he's found guilty of all his charges when the court reconvenes in July. And don't forget that July is such a long way off that Busta Rhymes will have probably got himself arrested a further 12-15 times before then.

So come July, we can imagine that Busta Rhymes will have wished he'd accepted the plea bargain – especially if the new punishment involves watching any of the movies he's starred in or listening to any of the music he's made in the last eight years. 

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Rapper Busta Rhymes Rejects Plea Deal In New York – Reuters