Rapper Kanye West has been charged on Wednesday (March 18) with three misdemeanor charges following his alleged altercation with paparazzi at Los Angeles International Airport.
The 31-year old was charged with one count each of vandalism, battery and grand theft according to E! Online, after breaking a camera while walking through an LAX terminal on Sept. 11.
Don Crawley, the rapper’s business manager, is facing two counts each of the same charges.
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Rapper Coolio was charged on Tuesday with cocaine possession and battery stemming from his arrest at Los Angeles International Airport last week.
The Grammy-winning performer, whose real name is Artis Leon Ivey Jr., was taken into custody on Friday after authorities said they found drugs and a crack pipe in his luggage.
Coolio, 45, was charged with one felony count of possession and one misdemeanour count each of possession of paraphernalia and battery.
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Suge Knight Charged in Las Vegas
Marion “Suge” Knight, co-founder of Death Row Records, was charged with two felony counts of drug possession and one count of misdemeanor battery on Tuesday.
Police received a call regarding a car that was out of control in the Vegas strip on August 27. According to E! Online, Police then found Knight chasing Melissa Isaac, the alleged victim, waving a knife.
The victim received treatment at a nearby hospital for injuries, but Isaac did not have stabbing wounds. She told police Knight had punched her in the head while he was driving, according to E! Online.
Authorities have stated Knight was in possession of Ecstasy and hydrocodone, a pain killer. He was taken into custody and released after posting a bail of $19,000.
Richard Schonfeld, Knight’s lawyer, said his team is planning to “vigorously defend him against these charges.”
If convicted of both drug charges, the former CEO faces up to four years in a Nevada state prison and mandatory probation.
Ben Harper, former guitarist for Yellowcard, was arrested on May 14 for suspicion of DUI, reports MTV.
According to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s department, Harper’s vehicle was pulled over at 4:27 a.m. for speeding. The officer smelt what appeared to be marijuana in Harper’s vehicle.
“The officer then asked me to perform a Breathalyzer test, and I declined, because I had been at a show and had a few drinks,” Harper told MTV News.
He was arrested under suspicion of DUI, took the test at the station where, according to Harper, he blew a number over the legal limit.
He was released on bail for $5,000 and is set to return to court on June 8 for charges relating to a separate speeding incident.
Former “Lost” star Michelle Rodriguez is facing jail time yet again, according to eOnline.
This after the actress admitted to breaking her 2004 probation agreement for a DUI charge with the Los Angeles court systems.
Rodriguez was pulled over in Hawaii in December of last year and charged with DUI. She spent four days in jail and paid a $500 fine. It was because of this infraction she faced new charges in L.A., as the charges in Hawaii had violated her parole from her 2004 incident in L.A.
For her new sentence, it is expected she will spend 60 days behind bars, serve 30 days of community service for the L.A. Sheriff’s department and she must abstain from alcohol while undergoing an educational alcohol monitoring. As well, her probation was extended until 2009.
It is assumed Rodriguez will turn herself in by May 31.
