Mystikal pleads not guilty to rape and drug charges in wake of July arrest

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Mystikal has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of raping and choking a woman at his home in Louisiana, as well as possessing several drugs.The 51-year-old performer, whose real name is Michael Tyler, is innocent of all charges, lawyer Joel Pearce said after the hearing in Ascension Parish Court in Gonzales, Louisiana, about 15 miles from Baton Rouge.The charges against the Grammy-nominated rapper include first-degree rape, which carries an automatic life sentence.

He was arrested July 30 in connection with the incident, according to authorities. The latest: Mystikal has pleaded not guilty to charges accusing him of raping and choking a woman at his home in Louisiana, as well as possessing several drugs Pearce said he has not been able to get copies of the two indictments, but they were read aloud in court.Charges also include simple criminal damage to property, false imprisonment, domestic abuse battery by strangulation, simple robbery, possession of heroin, marijuana, methamphetamine and Xanax, and possession of drug paraphernalia, he said. 'My client doesn't even do drugs, so he has absolutely no idea what they were talking about,' Pearce said.Mystikal was denied bail in an August 2 hearing, according to The Advocate, as State District Judge Steven Tureau said that the allegations in connection with the rap artist's past criminal record made for a 'clear and convincing' reason not to give him bail.

The rapper was arrested July 30 in connection with the incident  The Grammy-nominated rapper was pictured in November of 2020 in Alabama  Pearce added that bail may be discussed at a hearing on October 17.