A former American Idol competitor could spend 10 years in prison on drug charges

A New Jersey woman who competed in "American Idol" and "Fear Factor" pleaded guilty to a drug charge in Virginia and could spend up to 10 years in jail.

Antonella Barba, 32, pleaded guilty Tuesday to illicit association for the distribution of a synthetic opioid, Virginian-Pilot reported. He will be sentenced in November.

Court documents indicate that a man named Michael Isaac was going to Virginia to make a delivery in 2018, but that this had been recorded over the phone, saying that he was sending someone a certain amount of money. ;other.

Police kept a warehouse in Norfolk guarded and arrested Barba with nearly 900 grams of fentanyl. The woman told the police that she had arrived the same day from Los Angeles.

Isaac faces a trial in August on similar charges.

Beard appeared in "American Idol" in 2007.