Findings
| When | Description | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Jelly Roll pleaded guilty to a lesser felony robbery charge arising from a home robbery involving two armed accomplices. The group took money and a wallet from the occupants; Jelly Roll was reportedly unarmed. He received a prison sentence and probation. He has since publicly acknowledged the seriousness of the crime and expressed remorse. | Source |
| 2007 | Jelly Roll pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of possession with intent to sell cocaine after an earlier criminal history involving drug offences. | Source |
| 2023, 2024 | Jelly Roll helped fund a music studio inside Nashville's Davidson County Juvenile Detention Center, where he had been incarcerated as a teenager. Funding came partly from proceeds of his December 2023 arena concert. | Source |
| 2023 | Jelly Roll donated the estimated $400,000 profit from his sold-out Bridgestone Arena concert in Nashville to a local nonprofit serving at-risk children. | Source |
| 2024 | Jelly Roll testified before the US Senate Banking Committee about the effects of fentanyl and illicit drug dealing, drawing on his own history of selling drugs and losing friends to addiction. He urged lawmakers to act against the illicit fentanyl trade and described addiction as a problem requiring treatment as well as law enforcement. | Source |
| 2024 | Jelly Roll has visited juvenile detention centres, correctional facilities and rehabilitation centres to speak with residents about his own experiences and encourage them to pursue a different future. | Source |
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