She'll never accept the guilty verdict. Still, she said, "If I appeal, they'll give me 12 years. . . . I'm going to make them all mad, and then what?"
As of press time, Bozzio had not decided whether to challenge the sentencing. Should she go to jail, she plans to make the most of it — she's currently shopping a reality show to VH1 and calling Howard Stern in hopes of showing national audiences who she really is.
"Throw me in the water," declared Bozzio, "because I'm going to drown."
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