Rick Ross surrenders to Miami police over battery charges from alleged domestic dispute
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Set us as preferred Rapper Rick Ross turned himself over to Florida law officials early Thursday morning for his alleged involvement in a domestic violence incident in August that left a woman with injuries, including a split lip.The “Monster” and “Big Fish” musician, whose legal name is William Roberts, surrendered himself to the Miami Beach police station and faces one felony charge of battery by strangulation and a misdemeanor charge for battery, according to an arrest affidavit.
Ross entered a not guilty plea and demanded a jury trial, according to a document filed by his defense attorney Bradley Horenstein.The attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Thursday.
Ross is jailed at the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and his bond is set for $5,000, according to the Miami-Dade County inmate database.He is set to appear for an arraignment hearing on Oct.
22.Ross was arrested days after the woman, described in the affidavit as his romantic partner, reported the alleged domestic violence incident to police on Tuesday.
The affidavit identifies the woman with the initials “JK” and alleges the dispute broke out on the morning of Aug.28 after Ross confronted the woman about being tagged in an Instagram photo.
The 50-year-old rapper, who has a history of arrests, allegedly questioned the woman about lying to him and “proceeded to slap the victim in the face,” the affidavit said.He allegedly accused her of being in a relationship with someone else and hit her every time she denied his allegations.
The woman claimed Ross struck her in the chest multiple times and choked her by grabbing and twisting the collar of her hoodie “to the point she could not breathe.”Ross allegedly also slammed the woman against a wall and struck “her in the face as she was bent over causing a bust...