Rick Ross was arrested Thursday morning in Miami Beach on domestic violence charges including a felony count of battery by strangulation.
The rapper, born William Roberts II, voluntarily surrendered to Miami Beach Police headquarters, and was soon after booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, the Sun Sentinel reports. Ross was charged with one felony count of battery by strangulation and one misdemeanor count of battery. His bond was set at $6,000.
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Rick Ross has been arrested in Miami on two counts of felony battery, including one by strangulation, which allegedly involve domestic violence.
The "Hustlin'" rapper, 50, was arrested around 6 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 1, on one charge of felony battery by strangulation and one charge of battery, both characterized as involving domestic violence, according to Miami-Dade County jail records viewed by USA TODAY. A bond hearing has been set for Oct. 1, according to county court records, and a stay-away order was entered as a pretrial condition.
Ross, born William Leonard Roberts II, is being held in Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center and is set to be arraigned on Oct. 22.
USA TODAY has reached out to Ross' attorney and the arresting agency, Miami Beach Police Department, for more information.

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Rick Ross has been arrested on domestic violence charges in Florida.
The rapper was arrested by Miami Beach police in the early hours of Thursday on domestic violence charges, including felony battery by strangulation, according to Miami-Dade jail and court records.
The 50-year-old, whose legal name is William Leonard Roberts, was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 6.10am.
He faces two charges listed as involving domestic violence, including one felony count of battery by strangulation and one misdemeanour count of battery.
The Grammy nominee reportedly turned himself in to police on Thursday after an ex-girlfriend alerted them on Tuesday, claiming he had been violent with her on 28 August.
The woman reportedly told police that Ross allegedly woke her up while she was sleeping and was physical with her while in a "jealous rage" over a photo she was tagged in on social media, according to TMZ.

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A woman who reported to the police that Rick Ross allegedly committed domestic violence against her is revealed to be the rapper's former girlfriend by TMZ, just a few hours after Ross himself surrendered on the domestic violence allegations.
Rick Ross, whose real name is William Leonard Roberts II and who is 50 years old, turned himself in to Miami Beach police early Thursday morning. According to the documents provided by the county jail and court, Ross has been charged with felony battery by strangulation and misdemeanor battery related to domestic violence and booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 6:10 a.m. He has posted a $6,000 bond for his release: $5,000 for the felony and $1,000 for the misdemeanor.
The sources in law enforcement, cited by TMZ, claimed that the woman contacted the police on Tuesday, roughly a month after the alleged **** ault. The website has not disclosed the complainant's identity, and authorities have not yet released the arrest affidavit.
As TMZ reports, the woman said that the alleged **** ault took place on August 28th, when Ross woke her up over a photo she had been tagged in on social media.
According to the woman, Ross demanded explanations from her about lying to him, slapped her in the face, and accused her of having affairs with other men. She told the police that he hit her every time she denied it. Moreover, the woman claimed that Ross struck her in the chest several times, choked her till she could not breathe, yanked her ponytail, and pushed her against the wall. Then she showed the photos of the injuries to the police, according to TMZ.

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Rapper Rick Ross was arrested early Thursday morning and charged with battery related to a domestic violence accusation, authorities said.
Ross, whose legal name is William Roberts II, faces a felony charge of battery by strangulation, as well as a misdemeanor battery charge, according to online court records.
An attorney for Ross, 50, released a statement saying Ross is being wrongfully accused by an ex-girlfriend whose true motivations are unclear.
"The ex did not even file a police report until a month after the claimed incident allegedly took place," defense attorney Steve Sadow said in the statement. "Mr. Roberts is innocent and has pled not guilty to the charges. He respectfully requests that his friends, fans and the general public not prejudge the situation and allow the judicial process to run its course."
Jail records showed that Ross was being held Thursday morning on $5,000 bail. An arraignment is scheduled for Oct. 22.

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PC Richard Williams was filmed punching a suspect with one hand as he gripped the man's neck with his other arm
A police officer who punched a suspect nine times in the head used unreasonable force on multiple occasions, a police misconduct hearing has been told.
PC Richard Williams faces eight allegations relating to the arrest of Steven Clark, including using a headlock or "choker", unreasonable use of incapacitant spray, and throwing or dropping Clark into the back of a police van.
A misconduct hearing at North Wales Police headquarters in Colwyn Bay heard Williams denies wrongdoing.
He was cleared of ****** ault and intentional strangulation following a seven-day trial in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, in 2025.

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Megyn Kelly isn't buying the insanity defense at the center of Lindsay Clancy's ongoing murder trial.
Clancy, 36, has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder in the January 2023 strangulation deaths of her three children, Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8, at the family's Duxbury, Massachusetts, home. If convicted, she faces life in prison without parole.
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On the Tuesday, August 25, episode of The Megyn Kelly Show, Kelly, 55, argued that Clancy's case does not meet the legal standard for insanity. To make her point, she compared Clancy to Jeffrey Dahmer, the notorious serial killer who killed 17 men and boys between 1978 and 1991. Dahmer pleaded guilty but insane to 15 murders in Wisconsin, but a jury found him legally sane in 1992, despite testimony about his mental and personality disorders, Live5News reported. He was killed in prison in 1994, at age 34.
"If anybody would ever meet the definition of legally insane, it should be somebody like a Jeffrey Dahmer," Kelly said on the podcast. "A jury rejected the insanity defense of Jeffrey Dahmer. I'm sorry, but Lindsay Clancy is far closer to sane than Jeffrey Dahmer was, but she's trying the same defense."

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British rapper Yung Filly will face a retrial on three rape charges in Australia, after a jury cleared him of several ****** ual ****** ault offences but could not reach a decision on others.
The YouTuber, whose real name is Andres Felipe Valencia Barrientos, was charged with repeatedly raping and ****** aulting a fan after performing at a nightclub in Perth in 2024.
He denied all 10 charges, and last month a jury found him not guilty on three counts of rape.
He was also acquitted of one ****** ault charge and another of strangulation, but was found guilty of two counts of ****** ault, for which he'll be sentenced after his retrial.
Barrientos had been on tour in Australia when he was accused of ****** ually ****** aulting the woman, then 20 years old, in his hotel room after he performed in Hillarys, a coastal suburb of Perth.

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An Oklahoma teenager accused of ******* ually ******* aulting and strangling two high school girls saw his criminal case dismissed after completing a youthful offender rehabilitation plan, all without serving a prison sentence, court records show.
Jesse Mack Butler was 17 when he was charged as an adult in Payne County in March 2025 with 10 felony counts tied to alleged attacks on two girls he had dated.
The charges included two counts of attempted first-degree rape, three counts of rape by instrumentation, ******* ual battery, forcible oral sodomy, two counts of domestic ******* ault and battery by strangulation and one count of domestic ******* ault and battery.
Prosecutors later added an 11th count alleging that Butler violated a protective order.
Newly Released Video Shows Cops Cuffing Teen Linked To Violent ******* ******* ault Scandal That Has Families Fuming

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Drake Von is facing even more serious legal troubles.
According to TMZ, the adult model is now in hot water in California after authorities arrested him for possessing a toxic substance in Los Angeles. This is now his 3rd run-in with the law in 2026 following a couple of serious charges in June.
Von, whose real name is Dawson Bacon, was busted Tuesday for misdemeanor possession of a substance similar to toluene, which is a colorless liquid that is highly toxic when inhaled and causes dizziness. Records show Von was released on Wednesday.
Last month, Von was charged on one count of misdemeanor DUI after reportedly crashing his car into another vehicle in Las Vegas. Photos released to TMZ even show the passenger door smashed in. The ****** star said he was sober during the crash, but nitrous was found in the vehicle.
Prior to his DUI, the actor was released on bail after he was arrested for allegedly strangling his partner. His charges include first-degree domestic battery, domestic battery by strangulation, and felony coercion constituting domestic violence with threat or use of physical force.

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Adult model Drake Von is in hot water with law enforcement.
With millions of followers and plenty of GayVN Awards to his name, the 23-year-old star is now facing a few hefty charges after allegedly trying to strangle his partner in his Las Vegas home.
According to court records obtained by TMZ, Von was arrested on Tuesday and charged with two felonies. The first is domestic battery by strangulation and the second is coercion constituting domestic violence with threat or use of physical force. He was also charged with misdemeanor domestic battery.
The charges come after Von's reality TV debut on OUTtv's Ultimate Boys Trip alongside Joey Mills, Max Konnor, and other notable gay adult stars. In the show, violence is depicted as Mills and Von have beef in the series.
However, this isn't the first time Mills and Von have filmed together. In fact, Mills and Von have collaborated on steamy adult scenes in the past.

Former Patriots WR Stefon Diggs breaks silence on NFL future

Now that the court drama is in the rearview, Stefon Diggs is ready to embark on his next NFL journey.
The former New England Patriots wide receiver has been relatively quiet since being released by the team at the start of the new league year. He had been focused on the criminal charges against him, including felony strangulation and misdemeanor ***** ault and battery, stemming from an alleged incident with his private chef over a money dispute.
However, on Tuesday, a jury found the four-time Pro Bowler not guilty in a trial that only lasted two days. On Wednesday night, Diggs posted the impressive numbers he put up during the 2025 season, which was his first year back from the torn ACL injury he suffered in 2024.
"This is not an opinion-based sport, so here are the numbers," Diggs posted on Instagram. "I played 52% of the snaps and finished with 85 catches for 1,045 yards coming off an ACL. Where we going?"
Patriots executive vice president of player personnel Eliot Wolf has said on multiple occasions that he isn't closing the door on the possibility of a reunion with Diggs. He did admit that the team's decision to release him in the first place was due to ability and financial reasons.

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NFL player Stefon Diggs found not guilty of attacking personal chef

American footballer Stefon Diggs has been found not guilty of attacking his personal chef.
The 32-year-old wide receiver, who most recently played for NFL team the New England Patriots, had denied charges of felony strangulation and a lower-level ****** ault charge following an alleged incident on 2 December last year.
A jury in Massachusetts took two days to reach Tuesday's verdict.
Diggs's lawyer said afterwards that the player had been a subject of "opportunistic targeting".
Diggs had been accused by his former personal live-in chef, Jamila Adams, of slapping and choking her during an argument.

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