Chad Johnson is getting off early on his 30 days for slapping his attorney's butt. (TMZ.com)
Chad Johnson is getting out early from a 30-day sentence for slapping his attorney's butt. (TMZ.com)

Chad Johnson was one flick of the wrist away from waltzing out of court the other day on a probation violation charge stemming from a domestic violence arrest last summer, but his decision to slap his attorney on the butt got him 30 days in jail from an understandably angry judge.

That same judge has relented on Johnson's sentence and set him free Monday morning. Before we continue down the rabbit hole of this story, let's stop and remember one of the all-time great sports law GIFs:

That bailiff's face will never get old to me.

Anyway, it shouldn't be a huge surprise Johnson's getting off early on his 30-day sentence. It was seven days ago that the judge threw the book at him and a week in jail is more than enough to teach a lesson.

Forcing Johnson to sit in a cell for the full 30 days isn't worth the taxpayer money it would cost to keep him there. Teaching a valuable lesson by having Johnson spend seven days in the clink? That's more than fine.

But it's not all roses for the man formerly known as Ochocinco. His probation was extended by the judge through Oct. 16.

And in April, Johnson filed documents -- obtained by TMZ, natch -- where he attempted to get his child-support payments lowered by claiming he was losing more than $45,000 a month.

He's reportedly spending more than $9,000 on his mortgage, $2,500 on food, $3,500 on clothing, $250 for grooming, $5,000 for entertainment and $1,000 on pet care a month, so it's a little difficult to feel too bad for him.

The $16,525 he claims to make in child support payments puts a pretty serious damper on the $3,000 a month he claims he makes.

On the bright side, it's a lot easier to handle a child support case when you're out of jail, so Ocho's got that going for him, I guess.