A Fayette County grand jury has indicted rapper Rick Ross, according to Channel 2 Action News.
The rapper, whose real name is William Roberts, was arrested June 24 after allegedly assaulting two service workers who threw a party at his 235-acre Fayetteville home without his permission. Ross was charged with aggravated assaulted, aggravated battery and kidnapping in the June 4 incident at the estate, which was formerly owned by boxer Evander Holyfield.
Ross and his bodyguard, Nadrian James, allegedly took two men into the guest house on the property and attacked them, according to police. Warrants allege Ross chipped one of the man’s teeth with a handgun and injured his jaw so badly that he was “restricted to soft foods and [a] liquid diet.”
The founder of Maybach Music Group, Ross is perhaps best known for his 2006 single “Hustlin’.” He was raised near Miami but had lived in metro Atlanta for several years before purchasing Holyfield’s former home.
The alleged assault was Ross’ second run-in with Fayette law enforcement in a matter of weeks. Fayette County authorities arrested Ross on a misdemeanor marijuana charge on June 10.
According to Channel 2, the district attorney presented the case one week ago.
— Information from The Atlanta Journal-Constitution archives was used in this article.
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