Felony charge dropped against rapper Rick Ross in domestic violence case

Summarised from 2 outlets · Updated 30 Oct, 17:22 · Archive

Prosecutors dropped a felony battery charge against rapper Rick Ross citing insufficient evidence.

The Miami-Dade State Attorney's Office filed paperwork Thursday to drop the felony charge against Rick Ross. The rapper still faces a misdemeanor charge of battery domestic violence and has pleaded not guilty to all charges. His attorney said Friday that his client would continue to defend himself against the allegations.

Ross surrendered at the Miami Beach police station on 1 October, two days after the woman filed a police report. He was freed on bail several hours later. According to an arrest report, the woman told Miami Beach detectives that Ross accused her of cheating on him and struck her multiple times on 28 August. She alleged Ross also choked her with the collar of her shirt and slammed her into a wall. She said she was eventually able to leave the home and returned later, after Ross had left, to collect her belongings.

Ross has a previous conviction on his record. In 2017, he pleaded no contest to aggravated assault after being accused of forcing a man into a guesthouse at his suburban Atlanta mansion in 2015 and beating him with a handgun. Under a Georgia first-time offender program, the court issued an order exonerating him of guilt on that felony count.

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• Prosecutors drop felony charge against rapper Rick Ross in domestic violence caseProsecutors have dropped a felony charge against rapper Rick Ross a month after he was arrested in Miami Beach when a woman he was living with told police he hit her.Clickorlando · 30 Oct, 16:45
• Prosecutors drop felony charge against rapper Rick Ross in domestic violence caseProsecutors have dropped a felony charge against rapper Rick Ross a month after he was arrested in Miami Beach when a woman he was living with told police he hit her.News4Jax · 30 Oct, 16:45

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