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Rapper Mystikal sentenced to six years
Friday, January 16, 2004 Posted: 9:56 AM EST (1456 GMT)
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BATON ROUGE, Louisiana (AP) -- Michael Tyler, better known as the Grammy-nominated rapper Mystikal, was sentenced to six years in prison Thursday for forcing his hair stylist to perform sex acts.
Tyler, 33, who pleaded guilty to sexual battery, was taken from court in handcuffs.
The victim accused Tyler and two bodyguards of forcing her to perform oral sex after they accused her of stealing $80,000 worth of his checks. She denied stealing any money.
Judge Tony Marabella, who saw a videotape that the men made of the acts, said the victim had been "terrorized."
"The court is convinced that the defendant believes he is above the law and can take the law into his own hands," Marabella said.
The bodyguards also pleaded guilty to sexual battery. Leland "Pokie" Ellis, 37, received three years in prison, and Vercy "V" Carter, 35, got four.
Tyler also pleaded guilty to extortion, and earlier received five years probation on that count.
Tyler has paid the woman $350,000 -- $300,000 of it borrowed from his record label, according to a letter in court records. It said the money and his plea show he is "continuing to try to make up to all involved for the distress" he caused.
Mystikal's record "Tarantula" was nominated for a best rap album Grammy in 2003.
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Chiefs’ Johnson suspended one game by NFL
By ADAM TEICHER
The Kansas City Star
Chiefs running back Larry Johnson has been suspended for one game by the NFL.
DAVID EULITT | The Kansas City Star
Chiefs running back Larry Johnson has been suspended for one game by the NFL.
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Chiefs running back Larry Johnson has received a one-game suspension without pay from the NFL for violating the league’s personal conduct policy. The suspension will cover the game Nov. 9 when the Chiefs play the Chargers in San Diego.
The league indicated Friday the suspension probably would have been longer had the Chiefs not deactivated Johnson for the last two games and for Sunday’s game against Tampa Bay at Arrowhead Stadium.
“It was factored into the decision,” NFL senior vice president of public relations Greg Aiello said.
The league didn’t elaborate on how it decided on an appropriate penalty for Johnson other than to say in a statement announcing the suspension that “Johnson has previously violated the NFL Personal Conduct Policy and has since been involved in multiple incidents in which law enforcement was required to intervene.”
It also said Johnson faced the possibility of additional disciplinary action upon the disposition of two pending law-enforcement matters.
The suspension could be a costly one for Johnson.
It activates a clause in his contract that would allow the Chiefs to deny Johnson an otherwise guaranteed payment of $3.75 million next year.
That money is part of the $19 million Johnson was to be guaranteed under the new contract he signed with the Chiefs last year.
The loss of a paycheck will cost Johnson about $147,000, or one-17th of his base salary of $2.5 million.
Johnson was unavailable to comment. Phone messages left with his father, Larry, and his brother, Tony, were not returned.
“This seems like a firm but fair penalty,” said Johnson’s lawyer, Kevin E.J. Regan.
Johnson, 28, was charged twice recently with simple assault in separate incidents in Kansas City. In a February incident, Johnson allegedly shoved a woman using his open hand to push the side of her head in a nightclub.
Earlier this month, Johnson allegedly spat a drink on a woman at a Kansas City bar. Both cases have December court dates.
In 2003, Johnson was accused of aggravated assault and misdemeanor domestic battery for allegedly brandishing a gun during an argument with a former girlfriend. Those charges were dropped the following year after he agreed to enter a domestic-violence diversion program.
In 2005, a woman accused Johnson of pulling her to the exit of a nightspot on the Country Club Plaza and pushing her to the floor after an argument. That woman later changed her story and insisted that she did not want to press charges. Prosecutors dropped the assault charge after she missed three court hearings
The Chiefs deactivated Johnson for the Oct. 19 game against Tennessee because he had been late for meetings and other team obligations. Coach Herm Edwards then deactivated Johnson again for last week’s game against the Jets because of his pending legal troubles.
President/general manager Carl Peterson indicated this week that Johnson wouldn’t play for the Chiefs until his personal issues were resolved. Johnson met with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell on Tuesday in New York.
Peterson issued a statement Friday saying Johnson could play for the Chiefs in their Nov. 16 game against New Orleans at Arrowhead.
“Upon the completion of his suspension we sincerely hope that Larry will be ready to return to the field for the Chiefs determined to make a positive contribution to our team and, with the assistance of the people around him, turn his life around,” Peterson said.
Johnson is not allowed under terms of the suspension to be at Chiefs headquarters until the suspension is completed on Nov. 10.
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