Clark County prosecutors have dropped a felony theft case towards gangster rapper YG simply days earlier than it was because of go to trial. The 32-year-old Scared Cash star was accused of ripping a gold chain from a fan’s neck on the Cosmopolitan Las Vegas in Might 2019.
YG has denied ripping a gold chain from a fan’s neck on the Cosmopolitan. His lawyer mentioned the “nuisance” settlement with the fan was not an request for forgiveness. (Picture: Hollywood Reporter)
YG, actual title Keenon Daequan Ray Jackson, was arrested the next June in 2018 after surrendering to police throughout an preliminary courtroom look on the Regional Justice Heart in Las Vegas. He was charged with theft and grand larceny, which he denied, and launched on $20,000 bail.
Protection lawyer Gia Marina advised Rolling Stone Monday that prosecutors dropped the costs as a result of the alleged sufferer “now not wished to pursue the case” as a result of he was out of state.
Jackson’s lead lawyer, Joe Tacopina, added that there had been an out of courtroom settlement of a civil case introduced by the sufferer. However this wasn’t an request for forgiveness, he added.
“YG didn’t steal his chain,” Tacopina mentioned. “This was a nuisance settlement. The person misplaced his neck chain throughout a scuffle. This was an out-of-court settlement that’s confidential.”
No Selfies
Prosecutors claimed Jackson was strolling by means of the on line casino at round 4am on Might 27, 2018, along with his entourage of round a dozen folks when the fan approached to ask for a selfie.
When the group pushed the person away, he responded that Jackson was not a “large superstar anyway.”
“As soon as he made that comment, the group of males turned on him and began following him,” in keeping with the arrest report. The sufferer advised police that Jackson then ripped the person’s chain off his neck, which was value between $3,000 and $9,000.
On line casino surveillance video exhibits the rapper strolling away from the confrontation with “a shiny object in his hand,” in keeping with courtroom paperwork.
The unnamed sufferer sued Jackson independently and was reported by TMZ to have been in search of $250,000 in damages.
On-Stage Antics
Compton native Jackson is a self-confessed member of the Bloods avenue gang. This wasn’t the primary time his alleged conduct in direction of a fan has gotten him in hassle. In October 2019, he invited 17-year-old Austin Joyner on stage and inspired him to chant “Fuck Donald Trump.”
When Joyner refused, Jackson pushed him, known as him a racist, and ordered him off stage. Joyner later claimed he was advised to go away the live performance as a result of Jackson had “put a goal on my again.”
Jackson was additionally arrested in 2020 at his residence in Los Angeles County on suspicion of theft, simply days earlier than he was scheduled to carry out on the Grammys. Fees in that case had been additionally dropped.
