Rapper Rick Ross had to put up $2 Million & his 5.8 million mansion just to get Bail
Rick Ross has been released from jail one week after being arrested for kidnapping and aggravated assault. The rapper was initially being held without bail in a Fayette County jail until his court appearance, scheduled for July 1. It appears the judge has had a change of heart.
According to TMZ, Ross’ lawyer appeared alongside him in court early July 1 to argue that his client should be granted the option to pay his way out of jail. He also assured the judge that, should he be released, Ross would not intimidate any witnesses in the case. He promised that the Maybach Music Group founder would hand over his 109-room mansion, purchased for $5.8 million in February 2014, if it was found that he had. The judge agreed, setting the “War Ready” rapper’s bail at a hefty $2 million.
Ross borrowed $1 million in equity from his massive estate, $500,000 from a bail bondsman and handed over $500,000 of his own money. After the debt was paid he was released from police custody, but he’s not off the hook just yet. The 39-year-old will be wearing a GPS ankle monitoring device for an undisclosed amount of time. Both the kidnapping and aggravated assault charges still stand.
Ross is accused of having had an altercation with a grounds keeper, which turned violent. According to reports the rapper confronted the maintenance worker, who lives on the property, about guests he’d invited over the night before. Ross is said to have dragged the man into him home where he locked him in a spare bedroom and assaulted him. According to the Associated Press, he is accused of pistol whipping the grounds keeper, causing severe injury to both his neck and jaw and chipping two teeth.
Ross has not yet broken his social media silence following his release. It has not been announced when he will stand before the judge again to learn his fate.
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L.A. district attorney’s office declines to charge Diddy for UCLA confrontation….#mustbenice
The Los Angeles County district attorney’s office declined to file felony charges against hip hop mogul
Sean “Diddy” Combs, it was announced on Thursday.
Combs was arrested June 20 at UCLA’s athletics facilities for a charge of assault with a deadly weapon, which was a kettlebell. He was also charged with one count of making terrorist threats and one count of battery. Diddy’s son, Justin Combs, is a defensive back on the Bruins’ football team.
DA spokesman Ricardo Santiago said his office has decided to turn the case over to the Los Angeles city attorney’s office, where lesser misdemeanor charges could be considered.
Combs, 45, said in a statement released June 24 that he was defending himself and his son.
“The various accounts of the event and charges that are being reported are wholly inaccurate,” a representatives for Combs Enterprises said. “What we can say now is that any actions taken by Mr. Combs were solely defensive in nature to protect himself and his son.”
The incident involved UCLA strength and conditioning coach and former New York Jets staffer Sal Alosi but details of the altercation were not made clear.
UCLA has denied a USA TODAY Sports request through the state’s public record laws for any video footage of the dispute.
“I’m thankful that our staff showed the level of professionalism that they did in handling this situation,” UCLA coach Jim Mora said in a statement issued through the school. “This is an unfortunate incident for all parties involved. While UCPD continues to review this matter, we will let the legal process run its course and refrain from further comment at this time.”
here is a video of Diddy’s son Quincy Brown calling his father’s arrest earlier in the week a “hiccup”
at the BET Awards. (June 29) via the AP