Kanye west will not face charges for a phone snatch and toss incident that occurred in January, according to TMZ. The Donda rapper had confronted a female paparazzi who was filming him from her car as he left his daughter North West’s basketball game.
The incident reportedly escalated into a physical altercation and the Yeezy guru snatched her phone before tossing it into the street. But now, documents obtained by TMZ reveal that the woman’s phone suffered minor damage and she declined to press charges against Ye.
TMZ reports
According to TMZ, Chicago rapper Kanye West won’t face charges for the phone snatch and toss incident that took place in January. The rapper-turned-designer reportedly snatched a photographer’s phone and threw it into the street after confronting her while she was filming him from her car.
The confrontation came as West, 45, was reportedly in Los Angeles to visit his son North and daughter Saint at a basketball game. As he was leaving, the woman argued that she could film him because he’s a celebrity and he cut her off by grabbing her phone from her hand and throwing it in the street.
However, in Ventura County District Attorney’s Office documents obtained by TMZ, it was revealed that West’s involvement in the tossing incident caused minimal damage to the phone. In fact, it only affected the $30 case around it. Documents also state that the woman declined to press charges against West.
Ventura County District Attorney’s Office documents
The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office won’t pursue battery charges against Kanye West after he allegedly snatched and tossed a woman’s phone last January. Documents obtained by TMZ show that the woman declined to press charges against the rapper.
In the incident, West was leaving a basketball game for his daughter North when he confronted two people in her car who were recording him with her phone. He snatched her phone from her hand and threw it into the street.
He also threatened to sue a camera store owner who was filming him at the Sports Academy. The Ventura County Sheriff’s Department responded to the incident, and police were provided with video of the confrontation, according to TMZ.
In an interview with the Star, Barrick said he wants to create more diversity in his office and use it as a “microphone” to alert the public about changes in the law that could harm their safety. He also plans to increase penalties for drugs, and oversee the opening of a family justice center in Oxnard this summer to help victims of domestic violence, sexual assault, child abuse and human trafficking.
Video of the incident
The video of Kanye West snatching and throwing a woman’s phone is going viral. The rapper-turned-fashion designer, 45, reportedly confronted the woman when she was filming him while leaving his daughter North’s basketball game.
The alleged incident was caught on camera by a bystander, according to TMZ. After confronting the woman, who can be seen saying she was filming him because he’s “a celebrity,” West allegedly reached into her car, grabbed her phone and threw it in the street.
On Wednesday, TMZ reported that the rapper won’t face charges for the phone snatch and toss incident because it only caused minor damage to her device. Moreover, the woman declined to press charges against West at the time.
Legal implications
According to TMZ, Kanye West won’t face charges for the phone snatch and toss incident that happened in January. A woman was filming the rapper in her car when he confronted her about it near a sports complex where his oldest daughter, North, had a basketball game.
The video of the incident shows Ye walking up to her, demanding she stop filming him while he was with his kids. He then reached into her car and snatched her phone out of her hand before throwing it away.
He then hopped in his car and headed back to where his alleged new wife, Bianca Censori, was waiting. As TMZ reports, this was not the first time Ye faced battery charges for a similar incident in Los Angeles in 2009.
