{"id":32785,"date":"2022-08-02T04:21:49","date_gmt":"2022-08-02T04:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rapper-mystikal-accused-of-rape-false-imprisonment-in-latest-legal-trouble\/"},"modified":"2022-08-02T04:21:49","modified_gmt":"2022-08-02T04:21:49","slug":"rapper-mystikal-accused-of-rape-false-imprisonment-in-latest-legal-trouble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rapper-mystikal-accused-of-rape-false-imprisonment-in-latest-legal-trouble\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapper Mystikal accused of rape, false imprisonment in latest legal trouble"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>Rapper Mystikal was busted on rape and false imprisonment charges in Louisiana on Monday \u2014 the latest disturbing made against the artist.<\/p>\n<p>Michael \u201cMystikal\u201d Tyler, 51, was arrested on first-degree rape, robbery, false imprisonment, domestic battery, and strangulation, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff&#8217;s Office in Louisiana.<\/p>\n<p>The sheriff&#8217;s department said detectives interviewed a victim Saturday night shortly before midnight. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities said the victim minor injuries during the alleged attack.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThrough further investigation, Michael &#8216;Mystikal&#8217; Tyler was identified as a suspect,\u201d the sheriff&#8217;s office said.<\/p>\n<p>The hip-hop star could face a life sentence if convicted of the rape charge.  He was being held without bail.<\/p>\n<p>Mystikal faced charges connected to an alleged sexual assault as recently as 2017 from an incident at a Shreveport casino the previous year.  After sitting in jail for 18 months, he finally made $3 million bail in February 2019. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><figcaption>Mystikal was arrested on first-degree rape, robbery, false imprisonment, domestic battery, and strangulation.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/Stephen J. Cohen<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Prosecutors then dropped the rape and kidnapping charges against him in December 2020. That decision came after new information was given to a grand jury, which chose not to bring a new indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Back in 2003, the New Orleans native was hit with a six-year prison term after he pleaded guilty to sexual battery.  In that case, the victim \u2014 his then hairstylist \u2014 accused him of forcing her to perform sex acts on him and his two bodyguards in retaliation for allegedly cashing tens of thousands of dollars in unauthorized checks from his account.<\/p>\n<p>Following the dropped 2017 charges, it appeared he wanted to avoid future legal turmoil.  He told the Associated Press in April 2021 he wanted to move on from his past that landed him in a \u201chorrible fraternity.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/mystikal-rape-accusation-493.jpg?resize=1024%2C682&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Rapper Mystikal\" class=\"wp-image-23291377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/mystikal-rape-accusation-493.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/mystikal-rape-accusation-493.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/08\/mystikal-rape-accusation-493.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\"\/><figcaption>The rapper is known for his hit single \u201cShake (it Fast).\u201d<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Getty Images\/Paras Griffin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen I look back and listen to the music, man \u2014 I was a nasty lil&#8217; rapper!\u201d  he said in 2021. \u201cA lot of my music now, I imagine myself rapping it to God and if I can rap it, I&#8217;m proud.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Attorney Joel Pearce, who represented Mystikal over the 2017 charges, said he expected a \u201cbig bond\u201d to be issued against the rapper this time.  The lawyer has not been hired to represent Mystikal, a registered sex offender, in this case yet, though the two are supposed to meet later this week.<\/p>\n<p>Mystikal&#8217;s musical career reached a high in 2000 when his hit single \u201cShake (it Fast)\u201d reached No.  13 on the Billboard Hot 100 and his 2000 album \u201cLet&#8217;s Get Ready\u201d went multiplatinum.<\/p>\n<p><em>With Post wires<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>    .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rapper Mystikal was busted on rape and false imprisonment charges in Louisiana on Monday \u2014 the latest disturbing made against the artist. Michael \u201cMystikal\u201d Tyler, 51, was arrested on first-degree rape, robbery, false imprisonment, domestic battery, and strangulation, according to the Ascension Parish Sheriff&#8217;s Office in Louisiana. The sheriff&#8217;s department said detectives interviewed a victim &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/rapper-mystikal-accused-of-rape-false-imprisonment-in-latest-legal-trouble\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Rapper Mystikal accused of rape, false imprisonment in latest legal trouble<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[5],"tags":[12343,13711,46,699],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":32147,"url":"https:\/\/harchi90.com\/new-orleans-rapper-mystikal-booked-in-ascension-parish-for-first-degree-rape\/","url_meta":{"origin":32785,"position":0},"title":"New Orleans rapper Mystikal booked in Ascension Parish for first-degree rape","date":"August 1, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"PRAIRIEVILLE - Mystikal, a rapper from New Orleans who has been accused of rape twice in the past two decades, was booked into the Ascension Parish Jail on his third count of alleged sex crimes. 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