Kodak Black was found guilty of five counts of violating his house arrest after a hearing in Fort Lauderdale on April 26, 2017, according to a reporter in the courtroom. It was unclear whether the ruling would lead to more jail time, and sentencing did not happen that day. He is due back in court on May 4.
The hearing centered on accusations that the rapper, whose legal name is Dieuson Octave, left home to visit a strip club on multiple occasions and attended an Adrien Broner boxing match while he was supposed to be on house arrest. A bartender at the club, Jennifer, had also accused him of assaulting her during one of those visits.
That assault claim was challenged in court. A Miami Dade detective testified that the case remained open because the bartender had not yet met with her, and said surveillance video showed the two hugging. A former club manager testified that nothing happened and that the accusation was false, and one of the security guards assigned to Kodak that night backed up his account.
Even with the assault claim in question, the court still had to decide whether Kodak was where he was allowed to be. Judging by the guilty finding on all five counts, the answer was no. His legal situation was already complicated at the time, with other charges pending in Florida and South Carolina that had not been resolved.
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