Mystikal enters guilty plea to rape charges in court

GONZALES, La. (WAFB) – Rapper Mystikal, also called Michael Tyler, entered a guilty plea to rape charges in an Ascension Parish courtroom Tuesday afternoon.

Tyler was convicted to third-degree rape charges and faces a most of 20 years in jail. A choose ordered a presentence investigation.

Mystikal was arrested in 2022 on rape and home abuse charges. He entered a not guilty plea that very same 12 months to these charges.

In 2022, Ascension Parish deputies informed WAFB simply earlier than midnight on Saturday, July 30, 2022, deputies responded to a hospital in the world in reference to a sexual assault.

“Once we got there, we talked to the victim, who had some very visible injuries on her body, and she was very distraught,” stated Donovan Jackson, spokesperson for the Ascension Parish Sheriff’s Office. “She talked with us, we interviewed her, and she was able to identify who the suspect was. And in this case, it was Michael Tyler, also known as Mystikal.”

Deputies arrested Tyler at his Prairieville dwelling. He has been held with out bond since 2022.

Tyler confronted comparable charges again in 2004 for sexually assaulting his hairstylist. He spent six years behind bars and have become a registered intercourse offender.

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