sierra is unlikely to remain in detention at the alexander state penitentiary in her native tampa until her initial hearing on december 20 , where she is being treated for jail , which would prevent her missing the virginia celebration on friday especially if she still had permission to perform . it has been in jail since the start of the year after an altercation with police officers outside a tampa nightclub , though she had been barred from . she is charged with unlawful involuntary and an arrest .
Sierra once reached the finals of "American Idol".