Flavor Flav, from legendary rap group Public Enemy, was arrested for a domestic violence incident in Nevada.
The 62-year-old rapper – real name William Jonathan Drayton Jr. – was booked for a misdemeanor charge of domestic battery on Tuesday, October 5 by Henderson PD according to law enforcement sources for TMZ on Monday.
Their sources said that police had responded to a call about a domestic disturbance and when they arrived they placed Flav into custody where he was taken to the Henderson Detention Center.
According to the criminal complaint obtained by TMZ, the rapper allegedly poked his finger on the alleged victim’s nose, grabbed her, threw her down, and grabbed a phone out of her hand.
Flav’s attorney David Chesnoff told TMZ: ‘In alleged domestic violence cases, there are often 2 sides to the story and we will explain our side in the courtroom and not in the media.’
Regardless of the trouble with the law, the rapper seems to be turning things around as his manager told the publication that Flav has been sober from alcohol for a year and that it has been 15 months since he quit smoking cigarettes.
