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charges were far more serious than initial reports that he was
being investigated for a misdemeanor, and, with convictions, the
counts could collectively bring a sentence of more than 10 years
in prison for the singer and rapper whose “Old Town Road” was
one of the biggest hit singles in history.
Police said officers found the 26-year-old walking naked on
Ventura Boulevard, a major thoroughfare in the Studio City
neighborhood, shortly before 6 a.m. Friday. They say he charged
at the officers when confronted and was arrested.
The criminal complaint filed in court Monday includes few
details, but says that for each of the three officers he “did
unlawfully use force and violence and inflict an injury” on a
person he “reasonably should have known” was a peace officer
“engaged in the performance of a duty.”
Police, suspecting a possible overdose, took him to a hospital
where he spent several hours before being taken to jail, where
he has remained since.
After spending three days in jail, he was released on $75,000
bail, conditional on attending drug treatment.
A message to his attorneys was not immediately answered.
But one of them, Christy O'Connor, told a judge Lil Nas X has
led a “remarkable” life that has included winning two Grammy
awards.
“Assuming the allegations here are true, this is an absolute
aberration in this person’s life,” O’Connor said in court,
according to NBC. “Nothing like this has ever happened to him.”
The charges were first reported by TMZ.
Lil Nas X is set to return to court on Sept. 15 for his next
pre-trial hearing.
The rapper and singer from Atlanta is best known for 2018's
country and hip-hop merging “Old Town Road,” which spent a
record 19 weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 and won him
his Grammys.
Known for his genre-bending, innovating sounds and style, his
first full studio album, 2021’s “Montero,” went to No. 2 on the
Billboard album chart and was nominated for a Grammy for album
of the year.
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