Rapper T.I. charged with three misdemeanors after being arrested for public drunkenness
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The fallout from T.I.‘s May arrest for public drunkenness is getting worse.
Henry County, Georgia, prosecutors have charged the rapper, whose real name is Clifford Harris, with three misdemeanors — simple assault, public drunkenness and disorderly conduct — after an altercation with his gated community’s security guard, TMZ reported.
He doesn’t face any jail time.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}T.I.’s attorney, Steve Sadow, told the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that the security guard, named Euwan James, was fired following the altercation.
Sadow called the charges “baseless, ill-founded and unjustified.”
James said he felt threatened during the altercation with T.I.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Henry County District Attorney’s office didn’t immediately return a request for comment.
This story originally appeared in the New York Post.