Lil Nas X pleads not guilty to felony charges after LA arrest

The rapper Lille X admitted that he was not guilty of the injury of a police officer and the resistance of the detention after his arrest last week while he was wandering in the Naked Los Angeles streets.

The rapper, whose legal name was Montero Lamar Hill, is facing three charges of a battery crime with a police officer and one felony of resistance to arrest. If convicted, he may face prison for up to five years.

The police said when they responded to a call about a naked man wandering on the streets, he accused the award -winning artist.

The authorities said that he was taken to hospital due to a possible overdose after the accident, which occurred in the early hours of Thursday.

The 26 -year -old artist was called in Los Angeles on Monday. The bail was set at $ 75,000 (55456 pounds), according to CBS, the American news partner.

BBC has reached his representatives for comment.

It has not been verified Videos and photos TMZ appears to appear a rapper wandering around the streets before the police quarrel reveals. They display the old town road singer dance along Los Angeles Street in Studio City, wearing white underwear and white cowboy shoes.

Later, naked was completely seen and walking in the middle of the road. TMZ shots appear approaching a transient car as he sings words from Kayne West “Monster”.

Meanwhile, its white cowboys appeared to have been taken by one of the passers -by on EBAY at $ 10,000.

Los Angeles BBC police told that they had responded to reports that a naked man was walking on the street along Vinterora Street in Studio City. Officer Drake Madison said he was accused of officers when they arrived at the scene.

Lil Nas X spent the weekend in prison after arrest.

Nathan Hoshman, Los Angeles County’s lawyer, said that three officers were injured during the accident while trying to take the rapper to the reservation.

“Police officers attack more than just a crime against these individuals, but a direct threat to public safety,” he said on Monday. “Anyone who attacks law enforcement will face severe consequences, regardless of who are or for their fame.”

The rapper is expected to release his second -awaited album, Dreamboy Dreamboy later this year, and has recently disturbed new music on Instagram.

Lil Nas X became the first gay man publicly to receive the Rural Music Association award, after winning with Old Town Road in 2019.

He won the Grammy Awards in 2020 for the Old Town Road Road, after cooperating with Billy Ray Cyrus.

The song also won two Grammys and broke the record for the longest single song on Billboard Hot 100, after 17 weeks at the top of the plans.

The singer collected the controversy throughout his career, as some conservatives in the United States criticized the music video of his single singer (call me in your name).

The singer responded to a video of the fake apology on YouTube, who cut the scene of the tiny dancer in Montero, and wrote on Twitter that he wanted the tears of the haters “Fill the Grammy Cup”.