Performing artist Nelly was arrested early Saturday morning after a woman reported he had raped her on his tour bus, according to KTLA sister station KCPQ in Seattle.
Rapper Nelly performs at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on May 1, 2015. (Credit: Ethan Miller / Getty Images)
The Grammy-winning rapper was arrested by police in Auburn, about 25 miles south of Seattle, where he had performed at the White River Amphitheater on Friday night, the TV station reported.
Officers told KCPQ Nelly had gone to Seattle after the show with the woman, who called police around 3:45 a.m. and reported she was sexually assaulted on his bus.
The tour bus was parked near a Walmart in Auburn at the time, police said.
The 42-year-old was booked into the South Correctional Entity Multijurisdictional Misdemeanant Jail on suspicion of second-degree rape, according to KCPQ.
The rapper was on tour with the country group Florida Georgia Line and scheduled to perform in Ridgefield, Washington, on Saturday night before heading to Florida. A promotional flyer also indicated Nelly was set to appear at a Seattle nightclub on Friday night.
Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., released a slew of chart-topping hits in the early 2000s beginning with his debut album “Country Grammar,” which has been certified 10-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America.
The rapper is perhaps best known for his 2002 song “Hot in Herre,” which topped the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. for seven weeks.
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