Busta Rhymes busted for DUI just before trial for two counts of assault
Source: www.celebitchy.com
The latest celebrity busted for DUI is aptly named rapper Busta Rhymes. The guy was arrested for assaulting his chauffeur in February, so it’s clear why he doesn’t have a driver. Considering that he was pulled over in New York City, though, he could have hailed a cab:
According to the NYPD, the rapper, driving a 2006 GMC Yukon Denali, was pulled over on the far West side of Midtown Manhattan at 12:48 AM, because the car’s windows were too dark. When cops encountered Rhymes (real name: Trevor Smith), they noticed a “strong odor of alcohol” on his breath and issued a field sobriety test. He was then taken into custody on a charge of driving while impaired and booked at the Midtown North Police Precinct.
Busta is being tried next Tuesday on two assault charges. One incident involves an attack on a man who spit on his car at a music festival last August. He is also accused of beating the shit out of his ex driver in what was believed to have been a dispute over unpaid wages. Busta was first offered a plea deal for those two assault cases that would have had him spend six months in jail, but then the judge made it significantly more lenient with a second offer of three years probation, a week’s community service and anger management classes. Right before Busta was about to accept that second plea deal, he was arrested for driving with a suspended license. The judge withdrew her offer and prosecuters said the best they could do was give him a year in jail. Now he’s going to trial in hope of a better outcome.
It’s unclear if Busta’s license was still suspended during this latest DUI arrest, and there’s no mention of it in any of the reports I’ve read about it. If he blew a good plea deal and then ended up getting arrested for DUI while driving with a suspended license it’s not going to bode too well for him at trial.
