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Lil Nas X Arrested in Los Angeles After Pre-Dawn Street Encounter, Hospitalized for Suspected Overdose

Police say the 26-year-old charged at officers after being found nearly nude on Ventura Boulevard, and he was later booked on misdemeanor charges at Valley Jail.

Lil Nas X has been admitted to hospital due to possible overdose.
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Overview

  • LAPD responded just before 6 a.m. to reports of a nude man in Studio City and transported Lil Nas X to a hospital for evaluation of a possible overdose before taking him to jail.
  • Booking records and police statements indicate he was held on suspicion of misdemeanor offenses related to battery or obstructing an officer in Van Nuys.
  • A law-enforcement source told NBC News the artist punched an officer twice during the encounter, though LAPD said no officers were seriously harmed.
  • TMZ video shows him walking on Ventura Boulevard in white briefs and cowboy boots, speaking incoherently, strutting, and placing an orange traffic cone on his head.
  • Representatives have not commented; recent coverage notes he wiped and posted cryptic content on Instagram this week and was hospitalized in April for partial facial paralysis.