{"id":569470,"date":"2026-04-07T08:54:11","date_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:54:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/569470\/"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:54:11","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:54:11","slug":"judge-to-wipe-charges-against-lil-nas-x-after-treatment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/569470\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge to wipe charges against Lil Nas X after treatment"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nearly a year after being arrested for allegedly attacking Los Angeles police officers, Lil Nas X received a positive update in court today. Per Billboard<\/a>, the beleaguered and now in-treatment musician has been granted a two-year mental health diversion, which means the charges against him would be dropped should he complete a two-year mental health program. Assuming he stays out of trouble for those two years, the charges against the Grammy winner will be dismissed.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lil Nas X, whose real name is Montero Lamar Hill, was arrested last summer for allegedly attacking LAPD officers<\/a> who were responding to reports of a \u201cnude man\u201d wandering Ventura Boulevard. Police picked up Hill, who was wearing nothing but underwear and cowboy boots. He was arrested for assault and resisting arrest before being sent to the hospital for fear that he would overdose. The four felony charges he faces carry up to five years in prison, a punishment he could still face should he fail to finish treatment. Shortly after the incident, he entered inpatient treatment and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder. He pleaded not guilty to the charges<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

In court today, Hill\u2019s lawyer tells BBC News<\/a>, Judge Alan Schenider called Hill\u2019s behavior \u201caberrant from his normal conduct,\u201d but now, the judge says, he \u201cappears to be doing very well.\u201d Speaking to Rolling Stone outside the courthouse<\/a>, Hill expressed that he was \u201cvery thankful\u201d because \u201cit could have been much worse.\u201d<\/p>\n

News of Hill\u2019s arrest came several months after he released a long-awaited preview of his even longer-awaited sophomore album, Dreamboy. His first album, 2021\u2019s Montero, rode a wave of hype and controversy that made Lil Nas X one of the most exciting artists in pop music. But the arrest and subsequent mental health diagnosis obviously put another delay in Hill\u2019s return to music. We also wouldn\u2019t be too surprised if these recent trials and tribulations didn\u2019t offer Hill new musical roads to travel. All\u2019s to say, we don\u2019t expect new music from him soon, but we\u2019re happy to hear that he\u2019s getting the help he needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly a year after being arrested for allegedly attacking Los Angeles police officers, Lil Nas X received a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":569471,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[53],"tags":[88,216],"class_list":["post-569470","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569470","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=569470"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/569470\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/569471"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=569470"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=569470"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=569470"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}