ASCENSION PARISH, LA. (THECOUNT) — Rapper Mystikal was arrested in Louisiana on Sunday and charged with multiple crimes including rape, domestic violence and false imprisonment.
On Sunday, 51-year-old Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Lawrence Tyler, was arrested in Ascension Parish, La. and charged with multiple felonies and misdemeanors, according to police records obtained by XXL.
The arrest is in connection to an alleged incident that occurred the prior day, July 30. He was hit with two misdemeanors; simple criminal damage to property and false imprisonment. He is also facing three more serious crimes of domestic abuse battery by strangulation, which is a felony, simple robbery and first-degree rape.
According to local Baton Rouge, La. news station WAFB9, police were first notified of the alleged crime after being called to a local hospital to talk to a sexual assault victim on July 30 just before midnight. The victim, who reportedly sustained injuries during the alleged attack, identified Mystikal as the suspect. He was booked into the Ascension Parish Jail yesterday afternoon, where he awaits arraignment, as of press time.
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