Today in a Manhattan courthouse, Judge Felicia A. Mennin sentenced Tekashi 6ix9ine, the Brooklyn rapper born Daniel Hernandez, to 4 years of probation for violating the phrases of a plea settlement stemming from his 2015 arrest for using a baby in a sexual efficiency. He was not required to register as a intercourse offender.
6ix9ine was first arrested again in March 2015 after video emerged of him participating in sexual acts with a 13-year-old-girl. He pled guilty to the cost in October 2015, taking a plea settlement that required him to get his GED and keep out of bother till his sentencing date, which was initially set for October 2017. The sentencing date continued to get pushed again, nevertheless, when 6ix9ine didn’t acquire his GED. (It was postponed 19 occasions earlier than immediately’s sentencing.)
While awaiting sentencing, 6ix9ine was charged with crimes on two separate events in May 2018. First, he was charged with misdemeanor assault in Texas for allegedly grabbing a teenager by the neck at a Houston mall. Then, he was arrested for driving with a suspended license in Brooklyn, and later charged with misdemeanor assault (amongst different crimes) for an incident involving an NYPD police officer. Prosecutors argued that these arrests violated 6ix9ine’s plea settlement. They additionally argued that the plea settlement was damaged by 6ix9ine’s alleged gang affiliations, alleged involvements in shootings at Barclays Center and Times Square final spring (associated to beefs with Casanova and Chief Keef, respectively), and promotion of violence on social media.
Learn extra about 6ix9ine’s authorized state of affairs in “Untangling Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Legal Cases.”
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