Soulja Boy, the rapper who was born DeAndre Cortez Method, was arrested Sunday morning for being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Method was a passenger within the automobile.
The rapper, who’s greatest identified for his hit single “Crank That,” was beforehand ordered to pay $4 million for sexual battery in April.
Soulja Boy was discovered accountable for sexually assaulting and bodily and emotionally abusing a former assistant earlier this 12 months. He was accused of locking the girl, recognized as Jane Doe, “in her room with out sizzling water for 3 days” and sexually assaulting her a number of occasions. Doe filed her go well with towards the rapper in 2021.
“We’re blissful our consumer was vindicated and the jury believed her claims of bodily and sexual assault. We’re wanting ahead to transferring on to the punitive damages part of the case,” Doe’s lawyer mentioned on the time.
In 2019 Soulja Boy was arrested for violating probation pertaining to a 2014 weapons conviction. He was sentenced to 240 days in jail and 265 hours of group service.
