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Lil Child’s attorneys have stated they’re “actively investigating” the circumstances that led to the rapper’s arrest in Las Vegas this week.
The “Sure Certainly” star, actual identify Dominique Armani Jones, was taken to the Clark County Detention Middle on August 26, the place he was held on $5,000 bail for allegedly carrying a hid weapon with no allow. Jones has since been launched, his attorneys confirmed.
In a joint assertion shared with The Impartial, attorneys Drew Findling and David Chesnoff stated: “To be clear, Dominique Jones has a legitimate Georgia Carrying a Hid Weapon (CCW) Allow. On his behalf we’re actively investigating the information and circumstances surrounding his arrest in Las Vegas.”
Jones was beforehand arrested in Atlanta, Georgia, in 2019 for failure to sign, eluding police and reckless driving.
Movies circulated on social media displaying the then-24-year-old rapper mendacity facedown on the road whereas being handcuffed by an officer.
A trooper “noticed an orange Chevrolet Corvette fail to sign when altering lanes. It elevated its pace and started passing automobiles in a reckless method in a excessive pedestrian space,” Georgia State Patrol stated in a press release. “(Jones) started weaving between vehicles at a excessive price of pace. Because the trooper started to catch up, the Corvette bought caught in heavy visitors. … Because the trooper bought behind the car, he tried to speed up and alter lanes.”
He was later launched on bond.
Two years later, Jones was arrested in Paris on suspicion of transporting medication and launched the next morning after being handed a wonderful.
After his launch, the rapper posted on Instagram “I’m Good” and stated that he was heading again to the US.
Jones rose to fame following the discharge of his 2017 mixtapes Tougher than Arduous and Too Arduous. The next yr, he cracked the Billboard High 10 charts together with his tune “Sure Certainly” that includes Drake.
His second studio album, My Flip (2020), went quadruple platinum and have become the best-selling album of that yr. It included the George Floyd protest-inspired single “The Larger Image,” which he carried out to acclaim on the 2021 Grammy Awards.
