Carly Simon Helps Get Clemency for John Forte





Singermay have aided in getting clemency for the so-called "Fourth Fugee". Next month Forte will be a free man after serving half of his 14 year sentence in Federal prison after being granted clemency by

The rapper is one of 16 people who were gifted a "get out of jail free card." It's almost like winning the lottery because over 2,000 requests are sitting on the President's desk now.

John, who went to prep school with Carly Simon's son Ben, was busted after being caught with 31 pounds of coke at Newark Intl Airport in NJ back in 2000.

Simon lobbied for Forte's release by speaking with Senators Ted Kennedy and Orrin Hatch. How does one justify 31 pounds of cocaine? Sounds like a baaad habit.