Lucy Lawless Faces Three Years In Prison
June 14 2012, Published 8:30 a.m. ET
By Amber Goodhand - RadarOnline.com News Editor
Xena: Warrior Princess star Lucy Lawless is fighting the fight for Greenpeace and is now facing three years in prison, RadarOnline.com has learned.
The actress pleaded guilty on Thursday for a February trespassing charge when she and five other environmental activists sat atop a drilling tower in New Zealand for four days in protest against Arctic oil exploration.
Lucy, 44, is a native New Zealander and will be sentenced in September facing a maximum three years in prison after prosecutors dropped the more serious charge of burglary.
"I had to do what I had to do," Lucy told the New Zealand Herald.
"We want to tell those responsible for deep-sea oil drilling absolutely under no circumstances is this a good idea. They are robbing our children of their birthright to a clean and healthy planet, and they know it."
Lucy is a first-time offender in what was a peaceful protest so many expect she'll escape the three-year jail sentence.
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