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Playboy model Danielle "Dani" Mathers, center, leaves Los Angeles County Superior Court with her attorney Tom Mesereau, right, and an unidentified man, Wednesday, May 24, 2017, after pleading no contest to charges that she took a photo of a naked, 71-year-old woman in a gym locker room and posted it on social media. She was sentenced to probation and 30 days community service. (AP Photo/Reed Saxon)
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Model and Playboy bunny Dani Mathers appears in Los Angeles County Superior Court to answer charges related to her taking a photo of a naked, 71-year-old woman in a gym locker room and posting it on social media with insults about the woman's body, in Los Angeles on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. She pleaded no contest and was sentenced to probation and 30 days of community service. (Frederick M. Brown/Pool Photo via AP)
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This photo provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department shows Lawrence Sullivan, who was arrested in Miami-Dade County, Fla., on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, and charged with carrying a concealed firearm. Police say the self-described "tattoo model" was pointing a gun at moving vehicles. (Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department via AP)
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This photo provided by the Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department shows Lawrence Sullivan, who was arrested in Miami-Dade County, Fla., on Tuesday, May 23, 2017, and charged with carrying a concealed firearm. Police say the self-described "tattoo model" was pointing a gun at moving vehicles. (Miami-Dade Corrections and Rehabilitation Department via AP)
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This May 19, 2017, photo provided by Jaime Reznick shows Anil Uskanli being escorted off an American Airlines flight in Honolulu, Hawaii. Uskanli has been charged with interfering with a flight crew, and a federal judge has ordered he undergo a competency evaluation. (Jamie Reznick via AP)
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FILE – In this Feb. 27, 2013, photo, a woman crosses the parking lot to the Philadelphia Police Department's headquarters building, which opened in 1963 and is known as the Roundhouse, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia city officials announced plans Wednesday, May 24, 2017, to relocate the Philadelphia Police Department's headquarters to the building that served as the home of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News newspapers until 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE – This April 10, 2015, file photo shows the Philadelphia Police Department's headquarters building, which opened in 1963 and is known as the Roundhouse, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia city officials announced plans Wednesday, May 24, 2017, to relocate the Philadelphia Police Department's headquarters to the building that served as the home of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News newspapers until 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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FILE – In this Feb. 27, 2013, file photo, a car drives past the Philadelphia Police Department's headquarters building, which opened in 1963 and is known as the Roundhouse, in Philadelphia. Philadelphia city officials announced plans Wednesday, May 24, 2017, to relocate the Philadelphia Police Department's headquarters to the building that served as the home of The Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News newspapers until 2012. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)
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Attorney John Colette discusses with reporters the almost 20 year prison sentence handed down to former state corrections commissioner Chris Epps, by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, at the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Epps pleaded guilty in 2015 to money laundering and filing false tax returns in connection with nearly $1.5 million in bribes he took from contractors doing business with Mississippi prisons. Prosecutors had recommended that Epps spend only 13 years in prison because he implicated others in the bribery scheme but Wingate sentenced Epps to 19 years, seven months. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Attorney John Colette discusses with reporters the almost 20 year prison sentence handed down to former state corrections commissioner Chris Epps, by U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate, at the federal courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, May 24, 2017. Epps pleaded guilty in 2015 to money laundering and filing false tax returns in connection with nearly $1.5 million in bribes he took from contractors doing business with Mississippi prisons. Prosecutors had recommended that Epps spend only 13 years in prison because he implicated others in the bribery scheme but Wingate sentenced Epps to 19 years, seven months. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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Attorney John Colette, right, and his colleagues, walk towards the United States Federal Courthouse in Jackson, Miss., Wednesday, May 24, 2017, prior to the sentencing hearing for their client, former state corrections commissioner Chris Epps. Epps is accused of running one of the largest and longest criminal conspiracies in state government history, taking at least $1.4 million in bribes and kickbacks over eight years to steer more than $800 million worth of state prison contracts. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
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This is a Madison County Detention Center booking photograph taken May 17, 2017, in Canton, Miss., of former state corrections commissioner Chris Epps, who pleaded guilty in 2015 to money laundering and filing false tax returns in connection with nearly $1.5 million in bribes he took from contractors doing business with Mississippi prisons. He has been jailed for violating terms of his bond. Federal prosecutors are recommending that Epps spend 13 years in prison, although U.S. District Judge Henry T. Wingate has warned both parties that he might give a heavier sentence. (Madison County Detention Center, via AP)
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Toronto Blue Jays' Kevin Pillar hits a home run during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Milwaukee Brewers Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Milwaukee Brewers' Domingo Santana is congratulated at home after hitting a three-run home run during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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Milwaukee Brewers starting pitcher Matt Garza wipes his face after being taken out of the game during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
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FILE - In this June 21, 2013, file photo, the seal affixed to the front of the Department of Veterans Affairs building in Washington. The advocacy group National Industries for the Blind filed a lawsuit Wednesday, May 24, 2017, in U.S. District Court in Washington alleging the agency ignored a longstanding law when it changed contracting rules used for decades to give jobs to the blind. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the Georgia Department of Corrections shows death row inmate Troy Davis. In Georgia, condemned inmates are given two minutes to make a last statement. Davis, who inspired rallies and vigils in multiple countries after his guilt was questioned, maintained his innocence until the end, insisting from the gurney in September 2011 that he did not kill off-duty Savannah police Officer Mark MacPhail. (Georgia Department of Corrections via AP, File)
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FILE - This undated file photo released by the Georgia Department of Corrections, shows Georgia inmate J.W. Ledford Jr. Ledford used his final moments to quote from the movie "Cool Hand Luke" and toss out an insult. It was one of the more unusual statements made by a Georgia death row inmate in the final moments. Strapped to a gurney that's tilted toward the witness seats, condemned inmates are given two minutes to make a last statement.(Georgia Department of Corrections via AP, File)
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FILE- This Nov. 13, 1998 file photo, Kelly Gissendaner enters the courtroom at the Gwinnett Justice & Administration Center in Lawrenceville, Ga. Gissendaner, the only woman on Georgia's death row when she was executed in September 2015, sobbed through apologies to the family of her husband, Douglas Gissendaner, whom she had conspired to have her lover kill. In Georgia, condemned inmates are given two minutes to make a last statement. ( Louie Favorite /Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)
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Model and Playboy bunny Danielle "Dani" Mathers, center, answers the judges's questions with her attorneys Tom Mesereau, left, and Dana M. Cole Wednesday, May 24, 2017, to answer charges related to her taking a photo of a naked, 71-year-old woman in a gym locker room and posting it on social media with insults about the woman's body, in Los Angeles County Superior Court in Los Angeles. She pleaded no contest and was sentenced to probation and 30 days of community service. (Frederick M. Brown/Pool photo via AP)
