T.I. has been hit with three charges stemming from his confrontation in May with a security guard who refused to let him him into his gated community.
TMZ reports that Tip, real name Clifford Harris Jr., was charged by prosecutors in Henry County with simple assault, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct.
The rapper was arrested following the incident. His attorney, Steve Sadow, issued a statement via the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
“The misdemeanor charges brought against T.I. are baseless, ill-founded and unjustified. T.I. never threatened or acted in a violent manner towards Euwan James, the security guard. Indeed, we understand the security guard was fired for the way he handled the situation with T.I. We had sincerely hoped that the Henry County Solicitor had better, more important, things to do to serve the Henry County community than prosecute an African American over a verbal dispute during an encounter with a security guard who was asleep at his post and was unwilling to provide his name to T.I. so T.I. could report the guard’s misconduct to his employer.”
A source close to the case told TMZ that T.I. is unlikely to face jail time.
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