(New York Post) - A soft Manhattan judge went easy on rainbow-haired rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine and sentenced him to four years of probation for posting a video online of a 13-year-old girl engaged in a sex act.
Justice Felicia Mennin also ordered the performer, whose real name is Daniel Hernandez, to complete 1,000 hours of community service and granted him youthful offender status, which will seal his criminal record.
The slap on the wrist came over the objection of prosecutors, who asked for one to three years in prison.
Tekashi took a no-jail plea deal in 2015 but Assistant DA Sara Weiss said he had repeatedly violated the agreement by getting into trouble during the probationary period and it should be yanked.
Tekashi, 22, was busted in Texas last January for choking a teen fan and nabbed a few months later in Brooklyn for driving on a suspended license and assaulting a cop.
She said the face-tattooed rapper had also joined the gang 9 Trey Bloods, which he openly promotes in his music.
But the judge called the arrests “technical violations” of the plea agreement and said his accomplishments and charity work had outweighed the missteps.
The “Gummo” rhymer flashed a triumphant smile as he left Manhattan Supreme Court with his three retained attorneys.
After court, lawyer Dawn Florio said that Tekashi’s father had been murdered when he was 13, and he was suddenly forced to become the primary breadwinner for his family.
“The loss of his father really destroyed him,” she said.
His Brooklyn and Texas cases are still pending.
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