Mystikal - a rapper who is best known for his hits in the late 90s and early 2000s - has pled guilty to a third-degree rape charge and will face 20 years in prison.
In 2022, the 55-year-old Louisiana rapper - born Michael Lawrence Tyler - was also accused of beating, choking, and robbing a woman inside his home in Ascension Parish.
Tyler had allegedly confiscated the victim's keys and her phone before preventing her from leaving.
Then when the woman realized some of her money was missing, he allegedly raped her.
Then Tyler allegedly allowed the victim to leave but forced her to transfer money to him via CashApp according to court records.
The rapper was arrested on July 30, 2022.
Mystikal - a rapper who is best known for his hits in the late 90s and early 2000s - has pled guilty to a third-degree rape charge and will face 20 years in prison.
The rapper was arrested July 30 in connection with the incident
He was indicted for first-degree rape, simple criminal damage to property, domestic abuse battery by strangulation, simple robbery, and false imprisonment in the assault. First-degree rape carries an automatic life sentence.
Tyler ended up pleading guilty to a downgraded rape charge as part of a deal that was struck with prosecutors.
As a result, he now faces 20 years in prison and will be sentenced in June.
Tyler had previously pled guilty in 2003 to sexual battery and extortion.
Tyler and two bodyguards had videotaped themselves engaging in sex acts with Tyler's hairstylist.
The prosecutor in that case, Sue Bernie, said in 2003 that the woman told investigators that Tyler accused her of stealing $80,000 of his checks and told her he would not go to police if she did something 'degrading'.
The woman denied stealing any money, Bernie said. A letter in court records before Tyler's sentencing said he paid the woman $350,000.
He served six years in prison for that conviction, which came the same year he was nominated for two Grammy Awards. He also received a nomination in 2001.
In 2022, the 55-year-old Louisiana rapper - born Michael Lawrence Tyler - was also accused of beating, choking, and robbing a woman inside his home in Ascension Parish.
Tyler had allegedly confiscated the victim's keys and her phone before preventing her from leaving.
Then when the woman realized some of her money was missing, he allegedly raped her.
Then Tyler allegedly allowed the victim to leave but forced her to transfer money to him via CashApp according to court records.
Tyler also had rape and kidnapping charges that prosecutors in Louisiana dropped in December 2020.
Those charges, brought in 2017, had kept Tyler jailed for nearly 18 months before he was released on $3 million bond.
Mystikal told the Associated Press in April 2021 that he used to be 'a nasty lil' rapper' but was now proud of lyrics he could imagine rapping to God.