NEW ORLEANS – An Ascension Parish judge barred attorneys, potential witnesses and law enforcements officials on Monday from speaking to the media, according to The Advocate.
The rapper’s new lawyer, Tiffany Myles Crosby, asked the judge for the gag order last week due to the “inordinate amount of publicity” the rapper’s case received, NOLA.com reported.
Mystikal dropped his former longtime defense attorneys who had represented him in another rape case, which ended with prosecutors dismissing the case in 2020.
Mystikal, whose real name is Michael Lawarence Tyler, is accused of raping a woman he was friends with at his home.
He allegedly strangled, raped and threatened her with scissors at his home. An arrest warrant says he also forced the victim to pay him $150 through an app and allegedly hit her when she didn’t do it.
Tyler pleaded not guilty to first-degree rape, robbery, false imprisonment and other charges. If convicted of rape, he faces up to life sentence.
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