Nelly‘s authorized group is firing again at police after the rapper was arrested at a Missouri on line casino … they are saying he was “targeted by an overzealous, out of line officer.”
Nelly’s legal professional, Scott Rosenblum, tells TMZ … Nelly had received a jackpot on the Hollywood On line casino in St. Charles Wednesday morning when the arresting officer falsely informed him they wanted to run a background test earlier than giving Nelly his cash.
Rosenblum says Nelly knew this declare to be bogus as a result of he had received larger jackpots on the identical on line casino, and in these situations, he obtained his winnings with out a background test and no points in any respect.
This time, although, Nelly’s legal professional claims the officer performed a background test … which police say turned up an energetic warrant for no insurance coverage from a earlier visitors cease performed by Maryland Heights Police.
Nelly’s legal professional says as soon as he was knowledgeable of the warrant the officer handcuffed Nelly and paraded him via the on line casino in entrance of different gamblers.
Rosenblum says the arresting officer then searched Nelly with out possible trigger and claimed to have discovered alleged ecstasy amongst Nelly’s belongings.
Nelly’s legal professional says the energetic warrant was issued in December from a visitors cease that occurred in 2018 … and he says Nelly was NOT given discover of the warrant.
Rosenblum says if Nelly was not well-known he would have been informed to handle the warrant and despatched on his manner … as a substitute of being arrested, as was the case right here.
As we reported … the Missouri State Freeway Patrol, which has troopers from its gaming division on the on line casino, informed us Nelly was booked for felony drug possession and on a warrant for no car insurance coverage.
Nelly’s legal professional, nonetheless, says he has not been charged with drug possession … and Rosenblum’s assured the case will go nowhere and his regulation agency can be asking for an inquiry into the arresting officer’s conduct.
