Overview
- Judge Steven Tureau rejected Mystikal’s request for release, ordering him to remain in custody pending trial on charges tied to a 2022 incident at his Prairieville home.
- Mystikal has pleaded not guilty to first-degree rape, domestic abuse battery by strangulation, and false imprisonment, with additional counts noted in parish records.
- The trial is scheduled to begin on March 30, 2026, following a next court date set for January 21, 2026.
- Court testimony described accusations of punching and choking, an alleged rape, and a hospital sexual-assault exam that documented injuries.
- If convicted of first-degree rape, he faces a mandatory life sentence, and prosecutors have cited his 2003 sexual battery conviction to argue he poses a public-safety risk.