News: Busta Ryhmes refused a plea deal
On August 20, 2006, Busta Rhymes was arraigned for charges of third-degree assault after attacking a man who reportedly spat on his car in New York City on August 12 after the AmsterJam Music Festival on Randalls Island. On October 24, 2006, Busta Rhymes appeared at Manhattan Criminal Court as the district attorney's office attempted to amend previous charges against the rapper to include weapons possession for a machete found in his car. The judge, ShawnDya Simpson, refused to add the charge and adjourned the case.
Busta Rhymes has been arrested yet again, this time for driving with a suspended license after cops stopped him in New York for running a red light.
On February 20, 2007 Busta Ryhmes refused a plea deal offered by the prosecutors office for the assault of his former driver, Edward Hatchett, the deal would have entailed 6 months in jail and pleading guilty to two assaults, the attack on Hatchett, and the attack on the former fan. The dispute with Hatchett is believed to have been originated over back pay Hatchett felt he was owed. Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Tanya Kennedy offered Rhymes another option, pleading guilty to third-degree assault. The conditions of the proposed sentence would include: five days of community service, two weeks of youth lectures and six months of anger management classes, as well as, 3 years of probation.
Now Busta rhymes is facing two assault charges, accused of kicking and punching one of his former drivers, Edward Hatchett, for a dispute over back pay on Dec. 26, 2006.
Ryhmes is also accused of assaulting 19-year-old Robert Lebron, an alleged fan who spit on the rapper's Maybach, after an Aug 12, 2006 concert on Randall's Island.
Ryhmes, was labeled by prosecutors "violent predicate felon," prosecutors offered Rhymes six months in jail for the two assault charges, which he rejected.
If Rhymes accepts Judge Kennedy's offer of a third degree assult, the rapper would be required to serve five days of community service, two weeks of youth lectures and six months of anger management classes.
Once he finishes the terms of the sentencing, all charges against Busta Rhymes, 34, will be dismissed. If the rapper violates his probation, he could be sent to prison for a year.
The Police are still attempting to question Busta Rhymes about the Feb. 2006 shooting death of his bodyguard Israel Ramirez.
Isreal Ramirez who was shot and killed on set of Rhymes Touch It (Remix) video shoot. Police believe an argument between rappers in G-Unit's Tony Yayo and Ruff Ryders' Swizz Beatz sparked the deadly shooting.
Police believe Rhymes may have witnessed the shooting and has refused to cooperate. Tony Yayo also refused to submit to questioning until he is charged with a crime.
The 34-year-old rapper, whose real name is Trevor Smith, was taken into custody in lower Manhattan around 5:30 a.m. Thursday. He's due back in court this Thursday to answer the new charges, and faces up to 15 days in jail if convicted. Rhymes made headlines last week when he was offered a judge's deal that would allow him to plead guilty to misdemeanor assault and perform community service instead of jail for two previous cases.
In one complaint he is accused of kicking and beating Edward Hatchett, his former driver, during a Dec. 26 dispute over back pay. In the other case, Rhymes is charged with assaulting a fan for spitting on his car after an Aug. 12 performance.
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