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American rapper, Kodak Black has pleaded guilty in a legal case stemming from his assault on a high school student in 2016.
Kodak had been charged with allegedly sexually assaulting a teenage girl in February 2016 at a hotel. According to prosecutors, he pushed the girl into a wall and onto a bed before assaulting her, allegedly biting her breast and neck.
However, Kodak who was in court Wednesday, April 28, pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree assault and battery in a plea deal.
The rapper’s attorneys, Bradford Cohen and Beattie Ashmore told TMZ that their client who was originally indicted on a felony charge of first-degree criminal sexual conduct copped a plea to a lesser charge to put the case behind him.
Kodak Black pleads guilty to 1st-degree assault and battery
Kodak Black at WGCI’s Big Jam in Chicago. (Photo by Eddy “Precise” Lamarre for rolling out)
Kodak Black put one more legal woe behind him on Wednesday, April 28, 2021, when he pleaded guilty to first-degree assault and battery on a teenage girl. The case stemmed from a 2016 incident when the “No Flockin’” rapper was accused of sexually assaulting a female high school student in a hotel room after a concert in South Carolina. Avoiding going back to prison, Kodak Black, whose real name is Bill Kapri, instead received a suspended 10-year sentence but will be on probation for 18 months.
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Solicitor reveals plea reached in rapper Kodak Blackâs case in Florence County; hearing set Wednesday Rapper Kodak Black, center, appeared for a court hearing in 2018 in Florence County. By WMBF News Staff | April 27, 2021 at 7:06 PM EDT - Updated April 27 at 7:06 PM
FLORENCE COUNTY, S.C. (WMBF) â A plea has been reached in a nearly five-year-long case involving rapper Kodak Black in Florence County.
âI have been told we have a plea,â Solicitor Ed Clements told WMBF News.
No other details were given about the plea.
Blackâs defense attorney confirmed that his client will be in court for the hearing at 2 p.m. Wednesday.
Kodak Black has entered a guilty plea in a legal case stemming from his assault of a high school student in 2016, as local CBS affiliate WBTW reports. The rapper was indicted on first degree sexual assault charges in 2017; he pleaded guilty to lesser charges of first-degree assault and battery under a plea deal. Kodak Black received a suspended 10 year sentence but will be on probation for 18 months.
Twelfth Circuit Solicitor Ed Clements of Florence County, South Carolina, where the case originated, told WBTW that the victim agreed to the conditions of the plea deal. The deal specified that Kodak Black must also take full responsibility for the incident and publicly apologize to the victim, both of which he did in court, and that he must undergo counseling.