Kanye West will not face charges for allegedly punching a fan who asked for an autograph outside a Los Angeles hotel in January.
As the 45-year-old artist was being investigated for criminal battery, the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office issued a statement Tuesday to TMZ that revealed there was insufficient evidence.
It read: ‘After a thorough and careful review of all evidence, our office is refusing to file on the grounds that there is no reasonable likelihood of conviction.’
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Moving on: Kanye West (seen in LA in November) will not face charges for allegedly punching a fan who was asking for his autograph outside a Los Angeles hotel in January, according to TMZ on Tuesday .
The case was being investigated as a misdemeanor battery, which carries a maximum sentence of six months in prison.
Back in January, Kanye reportedly got into an argument with a fan outside the Soho Warehouse, a members-only club, in downtown Los Angeles, Fox 11 reports.
In a video obtained by TMZ, an angry West can be heard shouting ‘Get away from me!’ On a woman who seems to be trying to pacify him.’
In the video, the woman is saying to West, ‘I am your family.’ She is considered his aunt.
‘No reasonable likelihood of conviction’: The 45-year-old artist (viewed December 2018) was being investigated for criminal battery, with the Los Angeles City Attorney’s Office releasing a statement to TMZ on Tuesday that revealed just not enough evidence
Kanye and then-girlfriend Julia Fox (pictured) were seen at the Delilah nightclub in West Hollywood prior to an alleged brawl with a fan that took place outside the Soho Warehouse in Los Angeles around 3 a.m. on the evening of January 13.
As she tries to calm him down, she says, ‘Give me your hand,’ to which an angry West retorts: ‘No, get away from me! There is no hand, no hand.’
Then the woman further says, ‘I am your family. Give me your hand.’
West was then heard telling him, ‘You should have talked to him!’
However, it is not clear who the rapper is referring to.
The footage shows the autograph hunter sitting on the sidewalk. TMZ reports that West allegedly punched her twice, first in her neck and then on her head.
According to reports, the fan approached West, who was sitting in his SUV outside the club, and asked for his autograph, which reportedly led to a heated argument.
Then the argument turned physical and West allegedly punched the fan, causing him to fall to the ground.
As FOX 11 reports, West was not at the scene when officers arrived.
A fan was allegedly punched by West outside the Soho Warehouse (pictured), a members-only club, in downtown Los Angeles
Image: The man seen in the middle is believed to be the autograph hunter who was allegedly punched by Kanye
A video obtained by TMZ that was reportedly taken by a bystander around the same time as the incident shows a clearly enraged West.
He is heard shouting, ‘Did you say that or not? Did everyone say no? Because that’s what just happened, f-king.’
A police spokesman confirmed that no arrests had been made and that the LAPD was investigating the matter.
Earlier in the evening, Madonna and Floyd went on a star-studded dinner date with girlfriend Julia Fox in Delilah, West Hollywood, after spending the evening with Mayweather.
Kanye West was signing autographs on January 10, just days before he allegedly punched a fan for asking for an autograph outside the SoHo warehouse in Los Angeles early Thursday.
The group appeared to be in high spirits after Diana Ross’ son Evan Ross shared video footage of them on Instagram.
While it was previously reported that West’s new romance may have gotten under the skin of his estranged wife, Kim Kardashian, sources claimed that he is happy to see the Donda artist smile again.
West, who is no stranger to controversy, has had her share of rage over the years.
During the 2009 MTV Video Music Awards, she stormed the stage during Taylor Swift’s acceptance speech for Best Female Video, an award she claims should have gone to Beyoncé.
In 2018, West spoke out in support of former President Donald Trump. Wearing a Make America Great Again hat to the Oval Office, he gave a captivating speech to Trump and reporters, saying that Trump is “on his hero’s journey” and told them he loved him.
But in 2020, West announced that he would no longer support Trump as he launched his own presidential bid.
“I’m taking off the red hat with this interview, although it was unclear whether Trump’s handling of the pandemic – which Kayne called ‘a big mess’ – could also be a factor,” he told Forbes.
Night Out: Earlier that evening, Kanye West and Julia Fox (left) partyed with Madonna, (center) and Floyd Mayweather, (right) at L.A. hotspot Delilah.
He also said that it is wrong to assume that black people will always vote for Democrats. He claimed, ‘To say that the Black vote is Democratic is a form of racism and white supremacy.
From bashing against the #MeToo movement and ‘cancellation culture’ to calling COVID-19 vaccines a ‘sign of the beast’, West has gone on a long-standing Twitter rant on everything.
Kim initially filed for divorce in early 2021, but months were seen by her side in support of her new album release.
In an amusing interview with Revolt TV last November, which included several digressions and left turns, he discussed the jokes Kim made about their split while hosting Saturday Night Live last month.
In her opening monologue, Kim, 41, quipped: ‘When I divorced her, you should know it came down to just one thing: her personality.’
Addressing the dig, West retorted: ‘SNL told my wife “I divorced her” on TV because they just wanted to remove that bar… and I never even looked at the papers, we even divorced. Not Taken.’
‘I want us to be together,’ West insisted it was not ‘the media’ that he and Kim settled their differences.
Kanye split from Julia in February, a month after the alleged incident.
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