Soulja Boy has been launched from jail after prosecutors declined to press expenses in opposition to the rapper after he was arrested for possession of a gun.
The “Crank That” star spent two nights in custody earlier than it was determined he wouldn’t have a case to reply.
A spokesperson for the Los Angeles County District Lawyer’s Workplace mentioned in an announcement: “A case was declined attributable to inadequate proof.”
In response to the discharge, Soulja Boy wrote “first day trip,” on his Instagram Tales.
Soulja Boy was pulled over in a visitors cease in Los Angeles the place he was the passenger in a automobile.
Police didn’t reveal what prompted the visitors cease, who was driving the automobile or why a search was performed.
Soulja Boy was beforehand convicted of carrying a loaded gun in 2014.
The “Crank That” rapper was accused by an nameless plaintiff of assault, sexual battery, and intentional infliction of emotional misery with a jury in the end believing her testimony.
After the decision was delivered, Soulja Boy spoke out in opposition to the trial, firstly how he has suffered financially.
He mentioned to Courtroom Information Service: “This trial has taken plenty of my cash. So far as lawyer payments. This complete trial’s been actual expensive,” as he detailed that he had misplaced out on a number of profession alternatives because of the lawsuit.
Soulja Boy then reaffirmed his innocence: “I need to make it clear that I’m harmless. I’m dedicated to submitting an attraction and preventing for the reality to be revealed.”
He additionally slammed the very fact the accuser was allowed to remain nameless all through your entire trial: “Retaining these people nameless whereas I’m compelled to face public scrutiny creates an unequal taking part in area. I imagine this complete course of has been tainted by a system that isn’t designed to guard the rights of the accused.”
Soulja Boy’s lawyer additionally mentioned in an announcement: “We preserve that the proof doesn’t assist the decision. It’s unlucky that aspersions and misperceptions of a tradition had been allowed to affect the trial. Mr. Manner absolutely intends to pursue his post-trial cures and to combat for a simply end result on this case.”
