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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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1. looks like mom and sanjy have the same hair :)

Posted at 6:21PM on Apr 25th 2007 by bp

2. OMG, that guy DOES look like Gary Sinese. Talk about your six degrees of separation!

Posted at 6:27PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Michele

3. Welcome to Hollywood Sanjaya, where your 15 minutes of fame means that your entire life including what type of toilet paper you wipe your @ss with is going to be under a magnifying glass.

Posted at 6:29PM on Apr 25th 2007 by too_funny

4. well?

Posted at 6:30PM on Apr 25th 2007 by who cares?

5. Interesting.... even though Sanjaya was not directly involved in this felonious incident, I wonder if he would have been invited to party with the Prez if this had been known before.

That's pretty irresponsible of the parents to involve their 17 year old daughter in their illegal activities - and who knows how much younger she may have been when this started.

Posted at 6:31PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Ms_Tell_It_Like_It_Is

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

7. That was his mom, not him.

Anyway, is it me or does he look NOTHING like his mother? His sister doesn't look like her either. Are they adopted?

Posted at 6:36PM on Apr 25th 2007 by why?

8. How can you people stoop so low! I hope they sue the hell out of you.

Posted at 6:40PM on Apr 25th 2007 by misty

9. Look like Sanjaya and his sister were adopted by these potheads. I don't see any resemblence

Posted at 6:51PM on Apr 25th 2007 by patnic

10. Duh. Mom. STEPdad. Biodad is obviously Indian.

Posted at 6:57PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Duh

11. TMZ-you sure are scraping the bottom of the barrel. Whats next - Haley's great grandfather sold alcohol during prohibition or Chris's family made moonshine. Sanjaya is 17 and this is not about him. Guess you will do anything to get a piece of the Sanjaya Universe.

Posted at 7:09PM on Apr 25th 2007 by kali

12. This literally makes me sick to my stomach. How could you do this to such a sweet boy?
So so low down.

Posted at 7:15PM on Apr 25th 2007 by Joan

13. N I C E!!!!!!!

Posted at 7:33PM on Apr 25th 2007 by annab

14. Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha

Posted at 7:26PM on Apr 25th 2007 by CamelToker

15. This is lowdown!!!

Posted at 7:29PM on Apr 25th 2007 by polomontana

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