Charges against rapper and Celebrity Big Brother ex-housemate Coolio have been dropped after prosecutors were unable to prove beyond reasonable doubt that he was guilty of assaulting his girlfriend.
Live-in partner Anabella Chatman had alleged that Coolio, who was charged under his birth name Artis Leon Ivey, had struck her, pushed her to the ground and hit her with a car, leaving tyre marks. Coolio claimed in response that he acted in self-defence and had been driving away from the couple’s home when Ms Chatman put herself in danger. The contretemps apparently started when the tonsorially challenged ‘gangsta’ thought it might be okay to bring home another girlfriend.
The 50-year-old LA rapper was cleared by a Las Vegas court on Tuesday (September 24), while no trial date has been set for his crimes against hairstyles.
