Rapper Mystikal Arrested, Facing First Degree Rape Charges, Simple Robbery + More

NEW ORLEANS, LA - JULY 02: Rapper Mystikal performs onstage at the 2017 ESSENCE Festival Presented By Coca Cola at the Mercedes-Benz Superdome on July 2, 2017 in New Orleans, Louisiana.
(Photo by Bennett Raglin/Getty Images for 2017 ESSENCE Festival)
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Rapper Mystikal has been arrested in his hometown of Louisiana.

The rapper is being accused of rape, simple robbery, false imprisonment and more. Real name Michael Tyler was booked into the Ascension Parish Jail on Sunday on multiple felony charges which include first-degree rape, domestic abuse battery, strangulation and robbery.

This isn’t Mystikal’s first time being arrested as back in 2019 he was released from prison after posting a $3 million bond. In 2004 the rapper was sentenced to 6 years behind bars after pleading guilty to sexual battery. According to reports, Mystikal and his two bodyguards allegedly forced his hairstylist to perform oral sex on them in return for not turning her into police for cashing $80,000 worth of unauthorized checks from his bank account. He was then released in 2010 and registered as a sex offender in Louisiana.

No bail has been set as of yet this time around. We’ll keep you updated as the story continues to develop.