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Rapper’s arrest stems from August 28 incident with his then-girlfriend at his Florida mansion; Ross charged with felony battery by strangulation<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n
\n\tRick Ross<\/a> was arrested Thursday morning in Miami Beach on domestic violence charges including a felony count of battery by strangulation.<\/p>\n \n\tThe rapper, born William Roberts II, voluntarily surrendered to Miami Beach Police headquarters, and was soon after booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, the Sun Sentinel<\/em> reports<\/a>.\u00a0Ross was charged with one felony count of battery by strangulation and one misdemeanor count of battery. His bond was set at $6,000.<\/p>\n \n\tAccording to police, Ross\u2019 arrest stems from an August 28 incident at the rapper\u2019s Star Island home, where an unnamed woman \u2014 who said she was Ross\u2019 live-in girlfriend of over a year \u2014 told police that an argument escalated to the point that Ross slapped her, \u201crestricted her breathing by twisting the collar of her hoodie,\u201d and slammed her against the wall, resulting in injuries.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cAll I can say is that the allegations are false. He\u2019s innocent. Everything is going to come out,\u201d Ross\u2019 lawyer Bradley Horenstein told CBS News Miami<\/a> on Thursday. \u201cWe just ask that you allow the process to play out before rushing to judgment, because the truth will come in.\u201d (A rep for Ross did not respond to Rolling Stone<\/em>\u2019s request for comment.)<\/p>\n \n\tWhile the woman is unnamed in the police report, Ross\u2019 ex-girlfriend Jazzma Kendrick accused the rapper of physical abuse<\/a> in a series of social media posts last week; the injuries Kendrick claimed to sustain, including a \u201cbusted lip,\u201d match those of the victim in the Miami Beach police report.<\/p>\n