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Rick Ross Felony Battery Charge Dismissed for Insufficient Evidence

By Drooid · Oct 30, 2026 · How we work

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U.S. rapper Rick Ross had the felony battery charge dismissed for insufficient evidence.
Florida prosecutors filed two misdemeanor counts: battery and battery/domestic violence.
At his October 30 arraignment, Ross entered a not-guilty plea to the misdemeanor battery/domestic violence charge.
Defense lawyer Brad Horenstein said Ross is innocent and called the allegations fabrications.

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Jazzma Kendrick, a Miami real-estate agent, posted an Instagram photo showing a busted lip.
In the caption, Kendrick wrote that men who hit her never loved her.
Ross’s legal team, led by attorneys Steve Sadow and Bradley Horenstein, say he was wrongfully accused.
Social-media users cited Kendrick’s body language at an August 2025 event as evidence she was uninterested.

History

After the 1995 criminal acquittal of former NFL star O.J. Simpson—an outcome shaped by the LAPD’s post-Rodney King scandal and intense media scrutiny—Los Angeles County jurors in February 1997 found him liable for wrongful death, ordering $33.5 million in damages to Nicole Brown’s and Ron Goldman’s families. The verdict underscored how race-charged policing controversies can drive civil accountability.

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After the 1995 criminal acquittal of former NFL star O.J. Simpson—an outcome shaped by the LAPD’s post-Rodney King scandal and intense media scrutiny—Los Angeles County jurors in February 1997 found him liable for wrongful death, ordering $33.5 million in damages to Nicole Brown’s and Ron Goldman’s families. The verdict underscored how race-charged policing controversies can drive civil accountability.

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