New Orleans born rapper, Mystikal, is in police custody at the Ascension Parish jail in Louisiana United States, after being charged with a string of sexual offences, including rape.
That’s according to a news report from Fox8 lice.
The 52-year-old rapper, whose real name is Michael Tyler, is charged with first-degree rape, simple robbery, domestic abuse battery – strangulation, false imprisonment, and simple criminal damage to property.
According to a spokesman with the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office (APSO), on Saturday, July 30 just before midnight, deputies responded to a local hospital in reference to a sexual assault.
Arrest records show detectives interviewed the victim, who sustained minor injuries during the attack.
After investigating, Tyler was reportedly identified as a suspect, the arrest report went on to say.
Tyler was arrested and later booked into the Ascension Parish Jail on Sunday, July 31, on several charges.
Jail records, according to Fox8 live, shows that a bail amount was not arrived at up to time of publication. The investigations are ongoing.
Mystikal, who was signed to Master P’s No Limit Records in the ’90s and saw his career explode with the 2000 hit “Shake Ya Ass,” is no stranger to being accused of sex crimes.
In 2004, he was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to sexual battery. The rapper and his two bodyguards allegedly forced his hairstylist to perform oral sex on them in return for not turning her into police for cashing US$80,000 worth of unauthorized checks from his bank account.
Mystikal was released in 2010 and registered as a sex offender in Louisiana, but found himself back behind bars just two years later on a domestic abuse battery charge against his partner, violating the terms of his probation.
In August 2017, the Ghetto Fabulous MC was charged with rape and held on a $3 million bond stemming from an alleged sexual assault against a woman at a Shreveport casino. However, the charges were eventually dropped due to insufficient evidence.
On the music side, Mystikal recently performed alongside Master P, Trick Daddy, Silkk the Shocker and others as part of the No Limit Reunion Tour, which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the legendary Southern rap label.
