A judge has decided not to reduce Mystikal’s $3 million bond. According to KSLA, Caddo Parish Judge Romana Emanuel handed down the decision during a hearing on Thursday afternoon (October 4).
Mystikal’s attorney had originally filed a motion asking for the bond to be reduced to $500,000.
The Louisiana rapper — widely known for his 2000s hit “Shake Ya Ass” — has was booked into Cardo Correctional Center last August on one count of first-degree rape and one count of second-degree kidnapping in connection to an alleged 2016 sexual assault.
He pleaded not guilty.
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Mystikal’s next court date is scheduled for October 25. [apple_news_ad type=”any”]
[This article has been updated. The last version was published on December 19, 2017 and can be found below.]
Mystikal was in a Shreveport, Louisiana courtroom on Monday (December 18) where the 46-year-old artist pleaded not guilty to charges stemming from an alleged 2016 sexual assault, according to KSLA News 12.
The New Orleans-based rapper, who has been locked up at the Caddo Correctional Center since August 21, faces one count of first-degree rape and one count of second-degree kidnapping.
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Two other suspects are being held at Caddo in connection to the 2016 alleged incident — Averweone Darnell Holman, 26, who is being charged with one count each of first-degree rape and second-degree kidnapping, and Tenichia Monieck Wafford, 42, who faces one count of obstruction of justice.
The Caddo district attorney’s office says Mystikal’s next hearing is January 18, which could possibly include a motion to reduce his $3 million bond.
Mystikal surrendered to police on August 21 and was officially indicted by a grand jury on September 19.
[The original version of this article was published on August 22, 2017 and can be found below.]
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Mystikal turned himself in to Louisiana authorities on Monday (August 21) and was booked on charges of first-degree rape at the Caddo Parish Sheriff’s Department. Meanwhile, his alleged accomplice, Tenichia Wafford, has reportedly turned herself in as well. She’s being accused of strong-arming the alleged victim into dropping the charges and is being held on a $200,000 bond.
In a video obtained by TMZ, Wafford claims the woman Mystikal allegedly raped told her it never happened.
“Ain’t nobody did nothing to that girl,” Wafford said. “For real. She even told me — yes, I got it on record — that she said that ain’t nobody did nothing to her.”
Wafford is wanted for allegedly being an accessory after the fact, but she’s adamant she only called the woman because they were friends.
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“This is some bullshit though,” she said. “They done threw me for a loop ’cause if I woulda knew all this, I wouldn’t have even called. I just called and was checking up on a friend. That’s all I was doing.”
She continued, “She’s trying to protect her boyfriend because she ditched him all night to be with another nigga. Now all of a sudden, somebody hurt her, but when I called her and asked her if somebody hurt her, she said nobody hurt her.”
According to police, another man, Averweone Holman, was also charged in connection with the crime, which stems from a 2016 incident. According to a press release, an investigation found DNA evidence that linked the two men to the alleged rape.
Mystikal is currently being held on a $2 million bond.
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Watch the full video above.
