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Busta Rhymes arrested on assault charges
Police had sought interview with rapper since February death of bodyguard
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NEW YORK - Rapper Busta Rhymes has been arrested and charged with assault, police said Sunday.
Few details about the arrest and the attack that prompted it were immediately available, although police Officer Martin Speechley said they occurred about a week apart.
Representatives of the rapper, whose legal name is Trevor Smith, could not immediately be reached for comment. Messages left for Violator Management and for a lawyer who once represented him were not immediately returned.
Police have been wanting to interview Rhymes since the February shooting death of one of his bodyguards, Israel Ramirez.
Ramirez, 29, was killed outside a Brooklyn studio where Rhymes was recording a music video.
The rapper and another bodyguard were sued the following month by a fan who says the two men beat him after he asked for the Rhymes’ autograph.
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