Rapper Rick Ross charged with battery after domestic violence accusation
The rapper pleaded not guilty and was ordered to stay away from the alleged victim after a judge set $5,000 bond.
- On Thursday, October 1, 2026, rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami Beach and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on felony battery by strangulation and misdemeanor battery charges, held on a $6,000 bond.
- Police records allege the August 28 incident occurred at Ross' Star Island home when he grew "enraged" over an Instagram photo, then slapped the victim and choked her "to the point she could not breathe," according to the arrest report.
- The victim provided detectives with sworn statements and timestamped photographs of her injuries; attorney Bradley Horenstein filed a not guilty plea for William Leonard Roberts II, claiming the artist is "being wrongfully accused."
- A judge issued a stay-away order barring Ross from contacting the victim, while he remains held on $6,000 bond with arraignment scheduled for October 22, 2026.
- Officials have not confirmed whether these charges connect to recent public allegations from former girlfriend Jazzma Kendrick, who posted photos of injuries on social media in late September; authorities treat the criminal case as separate.
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Rapper Rick Ross was arrested in Miami on Thursday on charges of domestic violence, including physical assault with strangulation, according to judicial records. Ross, whose registered name is William Leonard Roberts, voluntarily filed on Thursday morning and declared himself innocent. He was released after paying a bail of $5,000. In addition to the assault charge with strangulation, classified as a serious crime, he also responds to a minor ph…
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American rapper Rick Ross has been arrested in Miami Beach, Florida, on charges related to alleged domestic violence. The 50-year-old musician, whose legal name is William Leonard Roberts II, has been charged with felony assault by strangulation and misdemeanor assault. Rick Ross voluntarily turned himself in to the Miami Beach Police Department on October 1 and was later taken into custody. The charges stem from an alleged incident on August 28…
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