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Lil Nas X breaks silence after 'terrifying last four days'
Grammy Award-winning rapper Lil Nas X has opened up about his experience being arrested and hospitalized.Lil Nas X, whose real name is Montero Hill, posted a 28-second video on his Instagram story around 8:55 am PT."Your girl is gonna be OK, y'all. OK? She's going to be all right; she's gonna be all right. Shit. That was fucking terrifying. That was terrifying. That was a terrifying last four days. But your girl is gonna be all right."After being spotted wandering the streets in his underwear in the early hours of August 21 in Studio City, officers responded, and Lil Nas X was taken into police custody and subsequently hospitalized on suspicion of a drug overdose. Police also claim Lil Nas X charged them, with a source saying that he "punched an officer twice in the face during the encounter," according to NBC News. Lil Nas X was reportedly handcuffed, thrown to the ground, and forcibly hospitalized. He was subsequently charged with three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting arrest. On Monday, August 25, Lil Nas X waived his arraignment and pleaded not guilty to those charges.After spending three days in jail, Lil Nas X was reportedly released on Monday on $75,000 bail. The judge is also requiring him to attend four Narcotics Anonymous meetings per week. He could also still face prison time, as felony level battery against a police officer is punishable by a fine of up to $10,000, by imprisonment for up to three years.Lil Nas X's attorney, Drew Findling, released a statement on his behalf per The Hollywood Reporter. "He's never been in trouble for a split second in his existence, we're not going to let one little event change the trajectory of his amazing life," said Findling. "There's no way to have a sense of what happened this immediately, but we're going to look into it and do the right thing."Robert Stafford, Lil Nas X's father, told reporters Monday that his son is "doing great mentally.""He's in good spirits. He's all right," Stafford said in video posted by TMZ. "He's very remorseful for what happened." He added that Lil Nas X is "going to get the help that he needs" and that illegal drugs were "absolutely not" involved.
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