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Kanye West Won't Face Any Charges For Punching His Fan In The Face

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4.14.4K Ratings

🗓️ 24 August 2022

⏱️ 6 minutes

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0:00.0

The Bert Show.

0:01.0

What's trending now?

0:02.0

No!

0:03.0

Kristen Nose.

0:04.0

It's the Bert Show's entertainment bus.

0:06.0

Kanye West won't face charges for allegedly punching a fan in LA back in January.

0:12.7

They said after a thorough and careful review of all the evidence, our office is declining

0:17.0

to file based on no reasonable likelihood of conviction.

0:20.8

Now if you don't remember, he had reportedly gotten into an argument that turned physical

0:25.4

when a fan asked for his autograph after already having asked for his autograph earlier

0:30.2

in the week and he just got very mad.

0:33.0

And the video of the scene showed the fan laying on the ground after the reported punch.

0:37.7

And you could hear Kanye screaming at a staff member.

0:40.6

He could have faced jail time if charged and convicted of misdemeanor battery because

0:45.9

he was previously sentenced to two years of probation and anger management and community

0:50.8

service for the misdemeanor battery of the paparazzi at the LA at LAX.

0:56.8

So after that, he had been placed on probation.

0:59.2

So this actually could have forced him to take some jail time, but they said they don't

1:02.8

have enough evidence to do it to have a conviction.

1:06.2

I think maybe celebrities should get one misdemeanor pass every year.

1:11.7

One every year?

1:12.7

Every year.

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