Kanye West will NOT face charges for allegedly PUNCHING a fan
23.08.2022 - 22:43
/ msn.com
Kanye West will not face charges for allegedly punching a fan who was asking for his autograph outside of a Los Angeles hotel back in January. As the 45-year-old year-old artist was being investigated for criminal battery, the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office released a statement to TMZ on Tuesday which revealed that there simply was not enough evidence. It read: 'After a thorough and careful review of all the evidence, our office is declining to file based on no reasonable likelihood of conviction.
'The case was being investigated as a misdemeanor battery, which carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail. Back in January Kanye allegedly got into an argument with the fan around 3 a. m.
outside the Soho Warehouse, a members-only club, in Downtown Los Angeles, FOX 11 reported. In a video obtained by TMZ an enraged West can been heard shouting 'get away from me!' at a woman who appears to be trying to calm him down. 'The woman in the video is heard telling West, 'I am your family.
' She is understood to be his cousin. As she tries to calm him down she says, 'give me your hand,' to which an angry West snaps back: 'No, get away from me! Ain’t no hands, ain't no hands. 'The woman then adds, 'I am your family.
Give me your hand. 'West is then heard telling her, 'You were supposed to talk to her!' However, it is unclear who the rapper is referring to. Footage shows the autograph hunter laid out on the pavement.
TMZ reports West allegedly punched him twice, first in his neck then to his head. According to reports, the fan approached West, who was sitting in his SUV outside the club, and asked for his autograph, which reportedly led to a heated exchange. The argument then turned physical and West allegedly punched the
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