Celebrity Justice
Sanjaya's Mom -- Popped for Growing Piles of Pot

Sanjaya's momMaybe that's why Sanjaya's always got that goofy grin on his face! Turns out that Sanjy's mom, Jillian Blith, used to be a pot-growing potentate -- and that his sister Shyamali was no stranger to the art of toking herself.

The Momjaya was pinched by the Pierce County Sheriff's Department in February 2005 in Pierce County, Wash. after they found 310 marijuana plants -- and the Sis-jaya keeping watch with a bag of weed and "smoking devices" -- in the Malakar family garage, as the National Enquirer first smoked out today.

But -- buzzkill -- Shyamali, who was arrested for possession, directed the cops to another green-growing facility nearby, where they arrested Blith and her husband, Charles Quist (Sanjaya's stepdad). Quist's mugshot, obtained by TMZ, bears a striking resemblance to Gary Sinise, a very blitzed Gary Sinise. (We're told there's a mugshot of Shyamali, but it can't be made public because she was only 17 at the time of the bust.)

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Blith could've gone to jail for up to five years after pleading guilty to one felony count of unlawful manufacturing of a controlled substance, but got off with a relatively mellow 30-day sentence.

Just one word more: Ganja-ya!


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16. LOL! I wanna see the sister's mugshot

Posted at 7:28PM on Apr 25th 2007 by kisstheringsbitch

17. Next Year...."If" there is a next year, They will be running police checks on ALL contestants and their families I guess! What started out as a fantastic opportunity for young artists has become...."Lets Dig Up Some Dirt"........All good things come to an end!!

Posted at 7:30PM on Apr 25th 2007 by IDOL WORSHIP, A BIG NO NO!!

18. Seems to me ...Sanjaya and his sis...especially her....have more nerve than brains to make the spectacles they have of themselves...with this in their background. Okay..Sanjaya wasn't "involved" as you say...but his sister was...and their family life is not exactly up there as idol material. ...that which goes on to have dinner at the White House. What exactly does it take to embarrass these two???

Posted at 8:18PM on Apr 25th 2007 by ellie

19.

Don't bogart that JOINT !

Posted at 7:41PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Brenda Bouquet

20. Was this something that needed to be here? He was maybe 14 or 15 at the time this happened. Could he control what his mother was doing? I think not. So why bother to bring this up? Rather low of you. I still think he's a great kid, and this has no bearing on it at all.

Posted at 7:45PM on Apr 25th 2007 by hello, it\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\

21. 6. Old news. I have a friend of a friend who has smoked weed with him, he's a total stoner!!

Posted at 6:32PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Margot

THIS IS A LIE! I CAN PROVE IT.

Posted at 8:01PM on Apr 25th 2007 by DONIKA

22. I thought everyone in California smoked pot? Whats the big old deal?

Posted at 7:49PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Elizabeth

23. It makes you want to hug him even more....the mom looked totally OK at the White House dinner. But you know, they lived on welfare when he was a kid, and maybe she never got herself together. I just wonder where his dad is in his life. He seems to take it all in stride. I give him props for that. But don't let mom become his agent!

Posted at 7:56PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Li

24. That mom is awesome.

Posted at 7:54PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Kelly

25. KEEP YOUR HEAD UP SANJAYA!

THIS IS ALL HAPPENING TO YOU FOR A REASON AND YOU ARE ONTO BIGGER AND BETTER THINGS.

SANJAYA IS LOVE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted at 9:39PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Jessa

26. WHAT THE HECK DOES THIS HAVE TO DO WITH SANJAYA?
EVEN IF THIS GOSSIP IS TRUE, IT DOES NOT CHANGE WHO HE IS OR THE WONDERFUL FUTURE IN STORE FOR HIM.

Posted at 8:05PM on Apr 25th 2007 by DONIKA

27. I wonder how the staff of TMZ would feel, if their parents had a "history" and someone was to put it up for the world to see.

Posted at 8:04PM on Apr 25th 2007 by destroy101

28. SHAME on you TMZ! It looks like you couldn't find any dirt on Sanjaya, so you found something on his parents. Are you trying to drag Sanjaya through the mud because you don't have anything news worthy to report? Scraping the bottom of the barrel are we? I think you should have higher standards than that. Please do better next time.

Posted at 8:06PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Shame on TMZ

29. Duh = I love your way of thinking ! LOL

Posted at 8:10PM on Apr 25th 2007 by cause I can

30. That poor kid has put up with so much crap & he has held his head high & Kept a smile on his face in spite of it all. Leave him alone. He doesn't deserve all this. Sanjaya you are so above all this crap!

Posted at 8:21PM on Apr 25th 2007 by So what??????

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