Overview
- Prosecutors charged the artist with three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting an executive officer, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
- He pleaded not guilty in Van Nuys and was released on $75,000 bail with requirements that include attending Narcotics Anonymous meetings or enrolling in an outpatient program.
- LAPD says officers encountered him naked on Ventura Boulevard before dawn, he charged at them, and he was transported to a hospital for a possible overdose before being booked.
- TMZ published videos showing him in underwear and later nude; an anonymous law-enforcement source told NBC News he punched an officer, a claim not independently verified.
- A pretrial hearing is scheduled for Sept. 15, and if convicted he could face multiple years in prison, with outlets citing up to three years per felony count.