This is one of those moments where it doesn’t pay to be on probation, or parole, because the system is still going to get you.
The rapper has been sentenced to 180 days in jail after a jury found him guilty of misdemeanor battery on Wednesday.
The jury, made up of six white women, didn’t buy his excuse about an August 2015 incident in which the 30-year-old rapper was filmed kicking a woman in the chest during his concert in Lakeland, Florida.
During his trial, Gates plead not guilty and insisted he was simply defending himself against an aggressive fan under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground” law, claiming the victim, Miranda Dixon, was trying to pull him off stage. When his attempts to get her to stop failed, he used “necessary force” to protect himself. His attorney Jose Baez even went as far as to claim Gates’ foot didn’t actually touch Dixon, and that she was simply attempting to gain damages in an upcoming civil trial.
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