Rapper Mystikal arrested, accused of first-degree rape and battery

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Mystikal previously pleaded guilty to sexual battery following an incident in 2002

Mystikal, a rapper from New Orleans, has been charged with sexual assault for the third time.

According to an APSO release, the Grammy Award nominee, 51, was detained over the weekend after the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) responded to a neighboring hospital’s report of a sexual assault survivor around midnight the night before.

According to NBC News, the woman received minor injuries in the alleged incident.

Mystikal, a rapper from New Orleans, has been charged with sexual assault for the third time.

According to an APSO release, the Grammy Award nominee, 51, was detained over the weekend after the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO) responded to a neighbouring hospital’s report of a sexual assault survivor around midnight the night before.

According to NBC News, the woman received minor injuries in the alleged incident.

https://www.facebook.com/AscensionSheriff/posts/pfbid0FhA58dzyizGJhWB9msBZbDYBSp485uLMLTFyqTDsTP81SuFm8i6UjjDrMVNmQtaLl MEDIA RELEASE: According to Sheriff Bobby Webre, on July 30, at approximately 11:58 pm, deputies with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office responded to an area hospital in reference to a sexual assault. Detectives interviewed the victim who sustained minor injuries during the attack. Through further investigation, Michael 'Mystikal' Tyler was identified as a suspect. He was arrested and booked into the Ascension Parish Jail. He is charged with First-Degree Rape, Simple Robbery, Domestic Abuse Battery – Strangulation, False Imprisonment, Simple Criminal Damage to Property. This is an ongoing investigation. Further details may be limited at this time.

“Tomorrow at 3 p.m., there will be a bail hearing. We anticipate that he will be released later this week. We will begin our inquiry into the allegations as soon as he is released. So yet, there has been little opportunity to address them in depth “In a statement, his attorney, Roy Maughan revealed.

Mystikal (born Michael Lawrence Tyler) previously pled guilty to extortion and sexual violence in a 2003 plea agreement after being charged with aggravated rape. He was accused of forcing his hairstylist to perform sex acts on him and two bodyguards.

According to BBC News, the Tarantula artist was eventually sentenced to six years in federal jail. According to Reuters, he was released in 2010 and had to register as a sex offender in Louisiana.

Mystikal was also indicted in 2017 on separate rape and kidnapping charges and spent 18 months in jail before being released on a $3 million bond, according to the Associated Press. The charges against him were dropped after a second grand jury declined to bring an indictment, per the outlet.