Rick Ross Indicted for Alleged Pistol-Whipping of Groundskeeper, Pleads Self-Defense

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Rick Ross has been indicted in a Georgia court for allegedly attacking a groundskeeper at his home last summer, as TMZ reports. However, Ross has argued that he was acting in self-defense. According to court documents obtained by Pitchfork, last Wednesday, a Fayette County grand jury formally indicted and charged Ross on nine counts including kidnapping, aggravated battery, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during commission of a felony. (Ross’ bodyguard, Nadrian James, was also indicted on all nine counts.) On Monday, Ross’ lawyers filed a motion contending he should be immune from prosecution due to the state’s law on self-defense.

To indict someone is to formally charge that person with a crime. It happens when a grand jury decides there is enough evidence for the charge.

In June 2015, Ross was arrested for allegedly pistol-whipping a man working at one of his homes and preventing him from leaving. According to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the initial warrants said Ross chipped the man’s teeth with a gun and hurt the man’s jaw so severely he was “restricted to soft foods and liquid diet.” The kidnapping charges reportedly relate to the alleged victim being “questioned under duress and forced to answer questions at gunpoint.”

He was subsequently released on bond. According to The AJC, if Ross violates the terms of his bond, he must give up ownership of his mansion, previously owned by boxer Evander Holyfield.

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