Miami, FL – Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach after a woman accused him of physically attacking and strangling her during an alleged domestic violence incident at his Star Island home.<\/p>\n
Ross, whose legal name is William Leonard Roberts II, surrendered to Miami Beach police on October 1st. The 50-year-old faces felony battery by strangulation and misdemeanor battery charges, both involving domestic violence.<\/p>\n
According to the arrest affidavit, the allegations stem from an August 28th incident involving a woman who told investigators she had been in a relationship with Ross for approximately one year.<\/p>\n
The woman alleged Ross became angry after seeing she had been tagged in an Instagram photo and allegedly slapped her in the face.<\/p>\n
Later that morning, Ross allegedly confronted her inside a bathroom and struck her multiple times in the chest, according to the affidavit.<\/p>\n
The woman told police Ross allegedly restricted her breathing by grabbing and twisting the collar of her hoodie. She also accused him of grabbing her ponytail, pushing her against a wall and striking her face, causing an injury to her lip.<\/p>\n
Ross allegedly pushed the woman to the floor before turning on the shower and attempting to spray her with water, according to investigators.<\/p>\n
The woman later left the residence and reported the alleged incident to police September 29th.<\/p>\n
Investigators said she provided timestamped photographs documenting injuries. Police also reviewed surveillance footage during their investigation.<\/p>\n
Ross appeared in bond court following his arrest. His attorney entered a not guilty plea on his behalf.<\/p>\n
A judge ordered Ross to have no contact with the woman and set bond. He was later released from custody.<\/p>\n
Ross has publicly denied the allegations. His arraignment is scheduled for October 22nd.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Miami, FL – Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach after a woman accused him of physically…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":418364,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[2214,320,123,1642,125,124,142086,6410,192],"class_list":["post-418363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-charges","tag-home","tag-miami","tag-miami-beach","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-rick-ross","tag-violence","tag-woman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418363","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=418363"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/418363\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/418364"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=418363"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=418363"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=418363"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}