{"id":8536,"date":"2026-01-22T13:02:38","date_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:02:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8536"},"modified":"2026-01-22T13:02:38","modified_gmt":"2026-01-22T13:02:38","slug":"wiz-khalifa-reportedly-challenges-nine-month-prison-sentence-in-romania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/?p=8536","title":{"rendered":"Wiz Khalifa reportedly challenges nine-month prison sentence in Romania"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>American rapper Wiz Khalifa has filed a challenge against the enforcement of his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/wiz-khalifa-prison-sentence-romania-dec-2025\" target=\"_blank\">nine-month prison sentence<\/a> handed down by the Constan\u021ba Court of Appeal in Romania, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news.ro\/entertainment\/rapperul-wiz-khalifa-a-depus-o-contestatie-la-executare-dupa-ce-a-fost-condamnat-la-noua-luni-de-inchisoare-pentru-ca-a-fumat-o-tigara-cu-cannabis-pe-scena-festivalului-beach-please-1922401422532026011322318652\" target=\"_blank\">News.ro<\/a> reported. He was convicted for smoking a cannabis cigarette on stage at the Beach, Please! festival in Costine\u0219ti in 2024.<\/p>\n<p>The appeal against enforcement was reportedly registered on Wednesday, January 21, with the Constan\u021ba Tribunal, which has set a hearing date for April 3.<\/p>\n<p>According to prosecutors, on July 13, 2024, shortly before midnight, Wiz Khalifa was found in possession of 18.53 grams of cannabis and a cannabis-filled cigarette while performing at the music festival in Costine\u0219ti. He was formally sent to trial in October 2024.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2025, the Constan\u021ba Tribunal <a href=\"https:\/\/www.romania-insider.com\/romanian-court-fines-wiz-khalifa-smoking-weed-stage-2025\" target=\"_blank\">imposed a fine of RON 3,600<\/a>\u00a0(some EUR 700) against the famous rapper. However, the Directorate for Investigating Organized Crime and Terrorism (DIICOT) appealed that decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In December 2025, the Constan\u021ba Court of Appeal ruled in favor of prosecutors, replacing the fine with a nine-month prison sentence.<\/p>\n<p>irina.marica@romania-insider.com<\/p>\n<p>(Photo source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">Y<\/a><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamstime.com\/\">akub88\/Dreamstime.com<\/a>)<\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>American rapper Wiz Khalifa has filed a challenge against the enforcement of his nine-month prison sentence handed down by the Constan\u021ba Court of Appeal in Romania, News.ro reported. He was convicted for smoking a cannabis cigarette on stage at the Beach, Please! festival in Costine\u0219ti in 2024. The appeal against enforcement was reportedly registered on [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8536","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8536","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8536"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8536\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8536"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8536"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ofero.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8536"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}