Busta Rhymes Faces Trial For Assault Charges

Tuesday, March 27, 2007
By: Kenny Rodriguez

Busta Rhymes is headed for trial on two assault charges after a New York judge decided on Monday to retract a previous plea offer.

The agreement would have allowed Busta to remain free, but Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Tanya Kennedy withdrew the offer because of his recent arrest for driving with a suspended license.

The plea offer would have included probation, community service, and a series of lectures to troubled youth.

Robert Kalina, Busta’s attorney, has previously said that his client was prepared to accept the deal.

After the judge withdrew the offer, the 34-year-old rapper turned down a follow-up offer by the prosecution of one year in jail for each assault charge, amounting to two years concurrently, and an additional $500 fine for the suspended license charge.

Busta, born Trevor Smith, opted for a trial instead. Kennedy has tentatively set the trial to begin on May 8.

One of the assault charges stems from a Dec. 26 incident in which Busta is accused of beating his former driver, Edward Hatchett, “with a closed fist about the head and neck,” and kicking him in the ribs and torso during a dispute over back pay.

In the other case, Busta is charged with assaulting a fan, allegedly for spitting on the rapper’s car, after an Aug. 12 performance at the AmsterJam Music Festival on Randalls Island.

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Steriods are making him angery

Posted by Stupid

I'd F*cke somebody 2 for spittin' on my $400,000 whip. Shit, abg, anybodygitit

Posted by plotts

Bussa bus definitely has some issues he needs to work out. Maybe if more of ya'll would have bought his album legitametly, maybe the brother wouldn't be so angry and keep acting like bruce banner and spazzing out on folk!!

Posted by JB3allday

^lmao ha ha ha, buy albums legally...lol, you slay me! 1) the bootleggers catch me before i can even make it to a record shop, which is closing down everyday in detroit. And 2) i'm not spending $16 on the garbage that's being dropped today when i can cop 2 for $5. Give me some great ass rap music and maybe i can at least support a rapper!

Posted by kingjames313

Damn i bought his album legit, but busta need a chill pill not a muscle inhancement. But lets face it if anybody spat on my ride i'd run em over so i understand thast $h!t but back pay? dont tell me he goin broke. The judge is just splitting hairs tho, just another judge out to lock up minorities and destroy hip hop. If he was a rock star or a teeny bopper his a$$ would be out already wit a slap on the wrist.

Posted by SiLenT-C-

Yo plotts u rite on bussin up sum fool 4 spttin! fu*kin mofos!!

Posted by J-1

Silent-c- can you give me a silent orgasm with my penis and your penis touching eachothers

Posted by madcameljokee

O my good u r the best rapper that i know man im your best fen

Posted by mad0ne

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Posted by GAMEISAFAG

Ohh please this is not racism. This dumb F*ck had a sweet F*ck*ng plea deal...all he had to do as they tell when you take a plea...is stay the F*ck out of trouble...then after this got busted for a suspended license. Dumbass n*gga... Period. Busta put himself in this mess....he had a shot..F*cked up not they rescinded that plea, and rather than cop to another he is facing 2 years plus a suspended license.

Posted by RealDre

Dude spit on your car, you are a rapper with millions..just another example of when n*gga's get money they do not know how to act and no matter how much you pay them, they still n*ggas. If this was donald trump he would have fired the guy, and sued him for damages and distress... But no n*ggas always gotta try and hood solve it and then get mad when the law comes to lock em up for that sh*t..

Posted by RealDre

Bussa buss dumbin out right about now

Posted by pl

Argh, common sense! why can't judges just see that anyone would beat up someone for spitting on your car.

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Posted by Gold Chyld

Busta is a busta.. I was with spliff before a concert and he said "theres busta". I said what up to him and he looked at me like i wanted to fight. Spliff just shrugged and that loser got up in my face with his bodyguard behind him and said "you gotta problem?", straight wantin to bang with me, and i'm with his man!! i got kicked out the hotel for the "confrontation". I'm downloadin all his crap for free from now on. Say word

Posted by strike ice

Legitimate beat downs ..

Posted by Jenna

Busta is just an A**hole, he sold his soul to all that bullsh*t, what ever happend to "the coming" busta?? he was maybe my favortie rapper after biggie.. He's tryin to prove to some mothphucka that he isn't a clown.. And you already know he ain't F*ck*n the hoes he wants, he kinda a phony, cut his braids and told the world he cut his braids for ?foriensic? purposes, what a phuckin moron... F*ck you bust rhymes you a striaght up fanook.

Posted by myspacedotcom/clay112

People like busta need to go to jail because everytime you turn around he is in trouble and someone wh supposedly values freedom so much would'nt act so retarded. I don't care what the person did if he was smart he would've known that the person tried him just to get him into trouble and he succeeded because now busta has to pay his money that he works so hard for but likes to give away to stupid causes such as this one at hand.

Posted by april(16)

Busta used tah be mah favourite n*ggah of aaaaall times. He F*ckn lost it when he cut da dredds yo. F*ckn samson n delilah sh*t right there, you lose ya power when yah lose the dredds n*ggah. Straight up. Look how honourable and respected busta was befo he took weed wacker to his dome.....ever since then, n*ggah aint been worth sh*t, constantly gettn his hood azz in trouble. Grow da locks back out buss......

Posted by Bussa Slug