The Frenchman, now ranked 57th after last year serving a ban for testing positive for cocaine which was reduced on appeal due to mitigating circumstances, was defeated in a five-set epic by Russian 20th seed Mikhail Youzhny.
The court on Thursday reduced his sentence to five years but said the circumstances and nature of offense was so serious that Mr. Dutt cannot be released on probation.
"He has changed the lives dramatically of the majority of Venezuelans, he's altered the country forever, his policies have reduced poverty more than half and have brought people out of dire circumstances (who) today enjoy a decent standard of living, " Golinger said.