Content warning: This story contains discussion and descriptions of alleged domestic violence and sexual abuse.Rapper Mystikal has pleaded not guilty to charges of rape, domestic abuse and robbery.On Monday September 19, Mystikal – real name Michael Lawrence Tyler – entered a plea of not guilty (as reported by Alternative Press) at Ascension Parish court, Louisiana, in response to charges of first-degree rape, domestic abuse battery (specifically, strangulation and false imprisonment), drug possession, robbery and criminal damage to property.Tyler was arrested on Sunday July 31 in the Louisiana town of Prairieville, after deputies of the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office interviewed a suspected survivor of alleged sexual assault at a hospital the night prior.
Deputies have accused Tyler of the attack, during which it’s alleged he took the survivor’s car keys and sexually assaulted her.
Prosecutors allege that Tyler raped and choked the woman at his home.Under Louisiana law, if the 51-year-old is found guilty of the first-degree rape charge, he will automatically face a life sentence.
His lawyer Joel Pearce told reporters of the recent charges, via Variety: “It means nothing. We look forward to our day in court.” Tyler is also accused of possessing heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine and Xanax.Last month Tyler was denied bond by State District Judge Steven Tureau, and sacked his lawyer, Roy Maughan Jr, in favour of Pearce, who had represented him in a separate sexual assault case in 2017.
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