The 'Chasing Time' raptress has been charged for harassment, disorderly conduct and assault after involved in an altercation with bouncers at a club in New York.
- Dec 17, 2015
AceShowbiz - Azealia Banks got into trouble. The 24-year-old singer/songwriter was arrested on early Wednesday morning, December 16 in New York after allegedly attacking a female security guard at the nightclub Up&Down in Meatpacking district.
The incident began as Azealia attended an invite-only party for the birthday of one of the club's owners, Ronnie Madra. She was uninvited, but came with an invited guest. When she was told that she needed to get a stamp to enter, she reportedly got upset and caused a scene with a female security guard and a male guard.
A club owner eventually let her in, but once she was inside it, she started "to curse at the guards again, explaining who she was, that she's on Rihanna's album," so an eyewitness tells Page Six. Another source adds that when security approached, Banks "spit in the [female bouncer's] face."
When she was escorted out, she allegedly bit the female security guard in the breast, "almost breaking her shirt." A police source claims the bite "caused swelling and redness," but the bitten bouncer declined medical attention at the scene.
Azealia allegedly shouted, "I'm gonna call the cops!" outside the club and approached an NYPD Traffic Enforcement car. When she returned to the front of the club with the cops, she allegedly punched the female bouncer. She was later taken away by the cops.
The "Chasing Time" hitmaker was taken to the Sixth Precinct on a misdemeanor charge of third-degree assault, harassment and disorderly conduct. She was held there for evaluation and was released on Wednesday evening.
Her rep has not released a statement on her arrest.
