Editing Chuck Berry (section)

==Controversies==
In 1987, Berry was charged with assaulting a woman at [[Gramercy Park Hotel|New York's Gramercy Park Hotel]]. He was accused of causing "lacerations of the mouth, requiring five stitches, two loose teeth, [and] contusions of the face." He pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of harassment and paid a $250 fine.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/chuck-berry-inside-father-of-rocks-triumphs-scandals-w475260|title=Chuck Berry: Farewell to the Father of Rock|last=Gilmore|first=Mikal|authorlink=Mikal Gilmore|date=April 7, 2017|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=May 15, 2018|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620004542/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/chuck-berry-inside-father-of-rocks-triumphs-scandals-w475260|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1990, he was sued by several women who claimed that he had installed a [[video camera]] in the bathroom of his restaurant. Berry claimed that he had the camera installed to catch a worker who was suspected of stealing from the restaurant. Although his guilt was never proven in court, Berry opted for a class action settlement. One of his biographers, Bruce Pegg, estimated that it cost Berry over $1.2 million plus legal fees.<ref name="SweetTunes" /> His lawyers said he had been the victim of a conspiracy to profit from his wealth.<ref name="SweetTunes" />

Reportedly, according to ''[[Rolling Stone]]'', a police raid on his house found intimate videotapes of women. Also found in the raid were 62 grams of [[marijuana]]. Felony drug charges were filed and Berry agreed to plead guilty to misdemeanor possession of marijuana. He was given a six-month suspended jail sentence, placed on two years unsupervised probation, and was ordered to donate $5,000 to a local hospital.<ref name="RSBIO">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/chuckberry/biography |title=Chuck Berry: Biography |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |access-date=March 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080714112146/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/chuckberry/biography |archive-date=July 14, 2008 |url-status=dead }}</ref>