All in all, Paul McCartney has been arrested a total of six times, and while he hasn’t run afoul of the law in quite some time, he was only 18 years old when he first caught the attention of the men in blue.
Did Paul McCartney serve time in jail?
As soon as he got out of customs, the former member of the Fab Four was placed in a Tokyo jail. He remained in prison for nine days before he was eventually released, avoiding any real punishment. After being released from prison, McCartney was deported from Japan and did not return for a decade.
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