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Lil Nas X Booked in L.A. After Charging at Police, Hospitalized for Possible Overdose

After a brief hospital evaluation, police took him to Valley Jail on suspicion of misdemeanor obstructing an officer.

Lil Nas X attends the 2025 Vanity Fair Oscar Party Hosted By Radhika Jones at Wallis Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts on March 02, 2025 in Beverly Hills, California.
Lil Nas X has been admitted to hospital due to possible overdose.
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Overview

  • Officers responded around 5:50 a.m. to reports of a nude man in the 11000 block of Ventura Boulevard in Studio City.
  • LAPD says he charged at arriving officers, was detained, and was taken for evaluation of a possible overdose before booking.
  • The Associated Press reports he was released from the hospital within hours and booked at Valley Jail, where he is being held.
  • TMZ video shows him walking in white underwear and cowboy boots, and outlets identified him as Montero Lamar Hill, known as Lil Nas X.
  • A law‑enforcement source told NBC News he punched an officer twice, while officials have not determined whether drugs or a mental‑health crisis was involved and his representatives have not commented.