CAMAS, Wash. (AP) — Tonya Harding was sentenced to 10 days in jail for drinking alcohol while on probation.
In court Thursday, the former Olympic figure skater said her arrest for drunken driving forced her to re-examine her life and was the best thing that could have happened to her.
"I'm grateful to the judge for giving me this opportunity; I finally found out what my problem is: It's alcohol," Harding said after the brief hearing.
"I'm glad it happened so no one gets hurt, I don't get hurt and I'm making something right in my life for a change."
Harding is scheduled to start her sentence Aug. 20. Her lawyer, Steven Thayer, asked Judge Darvin Zimmerman to let Harding do her time in isolation. He presented a letter from a doctor saying Harding suffers from panic attacks.