Reason why mystikal went to jail

Prosecutors offered him a plea deal before the case went to trial, but he declined. His lawyers believed the alleged victim was not credible and they wanted to take their chances battling it out in court. In , the New Orleans native pleaded guilty to forcing his former hairstylist to perform sexual acts on him and his two bodyguards.

All three men took a plea deal agreement and Mystikal was released from prison in after serving six years for extortion and sexual battery. In , he was arrested on a domestic abuse charge and served an additional 81 days behind bars.

About Us. B2B Publishing. Business Visionaries. Hot Property. Times Events. Mystikal hesitantly admitted to the AP that a sexual encounter did happen. He described it as consensual, believing the victim stated she was raped rather than admit the indiscretion to her boyfriend.

The woman or a representative for her could not be reached for an interview. The AP was unable to obtain the secret grand jury documents that were the basis for the dismissal as they remain sealed. Prosecutors do not plan to recharge Mystikal, and will not charge the victim, believing she had no improper motives.

The acts were filmed and the video would seal his fate. Hoping to dodge the potential life sentence a rape charge can carry in Louisiana, Mystikal pleaded guilty in to sexual battery and served six years in prison. So how could he find himself in a similar predicament years later? DNA evidence also linked him. A woman named Jessica Banks was arrested with Holman for assaulting an officer.

Tenichia Wafford is currently on the run because police say she tried to strong-arm the alleged victim into dropping the charges, according to TMZ. She told them that she called the victim, who she says is her friend, and that the victim told her there was no rape. Wafford says she recorded the conversation, but she's still on the run from police for being an accessory to rape. A member of Mystikal's posse told TMZ that the charges are false and that the rapper plans on pleading not guilty.

If found guilty, Mystikal could face life in prison for first-degree rape without the possibility of parole, probation or suspension of sentence, according to Louisiana's state legislature.

In the week that Mystikal was being searched for by the police, his friends were reportedly worried about his mental health. I want him to stand up to the charges, but I'm worried. That rape charge carries a sentence of life imprisonment.