Rapper Kevin Gates has been sentenced to 180 days in jail after a Polk County, Florida jury found him guilty of battery, according to local news reports.
The charge stems from an August 2015 show at Rumors Nightclub in Lakeland, where cellphone video captured Gates kicking a fan in the front row. The fan, a 19 year old woman named Miranda, testified that she tugged on his pants twice to get his attention for a friend. She said that after the second tug, Gates kicked her hard enough that she fell back and passed out.
Gates’ attorney, Jose Baez, argued that the rapper was battered first and that the fan had a financial motive, pointing out that she had hired a civil lawyer.
The jury sided with the prosecution, and the judge handed down the six month jail sentence.
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