The term used to describe the calculated
legal maneuver of preemptively sending a misbehaving
celebrity to
rehab in an effort to avoid jail time.
“The famed
celebrity defense attorney, representing the latest lifestyle victim of not-so-young-anymore Hollywood, has proactively checked his client into a nearby rehab facility hoping to
sway the judge’s upcoming ruling away from time in jail—a tactic known in
legal circles as a “pleahab” deal.”