A person in Texas has been accused of pretending to be a police officer in an try and sneak right into a Megan Thee Stallion present.
As per a report shared by the regional outlet KHOU 11 (through Advanced), the 28-year-old fan, named Trayvone Lil Darus Stevenson, was arrested after impersonating a police officer at one of many rapper’s headline exhibits.
The set was at a March Insanity Music Competition-launching present on Friday (March 31), which came about in Houston.
In accordance with stories, Stevenson was carrying a vest that learn “Police Ok-9” when he was arrested on the venue. He later confronted a felony cost of impersonating a public servant.
In a separate report, shared on Monday (April 3) by KTRK, the fan was launched after being granted a $20,000 (£16,045) bond by Harris Nation Choose, Danilo Lacayo.
Following the settlement, a prosecutor named Mathew Jackson made an announcement to the native outlet, reminding followers of the implications concerned when impersonating a public servant. “Megan Thee Stallion is a improbable draw, huge draw, particularly right here in Houston, however that is nonetheless a felony case,” he mentioned. “You can not go and impersonate an officer to get right into a live performance venue.”
Final yr, members of the leisure world got here ahead in help of Megan Thee Stallion, after a jury discovered Tory Lanez responsible of taking pictures her in July 2020.
After a nine-day trial, Lanez was discovered responsible of all three prices in opposition to him – one rely of assault with a semiautomatic firearm, one rely of carrying a hid, loaded and unregistered firearm in a automobile, and one cost of discharging a firearm with gross negligence.
He confronted greater than 20 years in jail and the potential of being deported again to his native Canada. Nonetheless, final month, his attorneys made a bid for a retrial – claiming that, amongst different elements, the decide barred a good trial by “erroneously” permitting jurors to view a social media put up.
Megan Thee Stallion – actual title Megan Jovon Ruth Pete – first accused Lanez of taking pictures her in August 2020. When showing in court docket, she claimed to haven’t reported him to police earlier as a consequence of tensions between the Black group and authorities.
“Presently, we had been on the peak of police brutality and the state of affairs with George Floyd,” she mentioned. “I don’t wanna see anyone die, I don’t wanna die.”
