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Mystikal’s Rape Charges Dropped Due To Lack Of Evidence (Update)

<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">TSR Updatez&colon; The Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office in Louisiana announced it is dropping the rape charges it brought against Mystikal due to lack of evidence&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">The grand jury in his case found that there wasn’t enough evidence to move forward with the charges&comma; a spokesperson for the DA’s office told <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;tmz&period;com&sol;2020&sol;12&sol;17&sol;mystikal-louisiana-rape-charges-dismissed-grand-jury&sol;">TMZ&period;<&sol;a><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Mystikal maintained his innocence in the case and his <&sol;span><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">attorney&comma; Joel Peace&comma; told TMZ the charges went away because &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;new scientific evidence emerged causing the Grand Jury to take a second look at the rape allegations made against &lbrack;him&rsqb;&period;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Mystikal turned himself in back in August 2018 on a first-degree rape and  second-degree kidnapping charges stemming from a 2016 invident involving a woman at a casino where he was performing&period; Mystikal ended up spending 18 months behind bars but was <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;dev&period;theshaderoom&period;com&sol;tsrfreshout-mystikal-has-been-released-from-prison-after-posting-3-million-bond-in-rape-case&sol;">finally able to his &dollar;3 million bond<&sol;a> back in February thanks to an advance he got from a new recording deal&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Also indicted on the same charges for his alleged involvement&comma; is 26-year-old Averweone Darnell Holman&comma; whose bond was also set at &dollar;3 million&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Tenichia Monieck Wafford has reportedly been indicted for obstruction of justice after police claimed she tried to make the alleged victim to repeal her story&period; Wafford’s bond was set at &dollar;500&comma;000&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Wafford claimed the victim was lying about her story&period; The details about the assault weren’t immediately available&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Prosecutors offered Mystikal a plea deal before the case ever went to trial but he rejected the offer&period; Mystikal&&num;8217&semi;s defense teams believed the alleged victim had major credibility issues and were more than ready to have their day in court&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">Since his release&comma; Mystikal went back to work in the studio and booking gigs&period; He performed at a festival in Orlando back in April&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-weight&colon; 400&semi;">We’ll keep you posted on any updates&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Want updates directly in your text inbox&quest; Hit us up at 917-722-8057 or<span class&equals;"Apple-converted-space">  <&sol;span><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;my&period;community&period;com&sol;theshaderoom">click here to join&excl;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine; 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