LOS ANGELES, CA - DaBaby has taken a plea deal in his felony battery case, meaning he will not face jail time.
TMZ reported on Thursday (July 11) that the “Suge” rapper pleaded guilty to misdemeanor battery through his lawyer and was given one year of probation, in addition to time served.
DaBaby (real name Jonathan Kirk) will also have to cough up $10,000 in restitution and must stay at least 100 yards away from the victim, a man named Gary Pagar. Additionally, he can’t posess firearms and deadly weapons during the probation period.
The incident occurred in 2020 when Pagar tried to stop DaBaby and his entourage from filming a music video on his rental property in Los Angeles.
A confrontation broke out, with the North Carolina rapper and one of his friends allegedly attacking Pagar and leaving him with serious injuries.
Pagar later sued DaBaby, claiming that he was assaulted for simply enforcing “basic rental rules” at his property.
When he attempted to shut down the shoot, Pagar claimed that DaBaby sucker punched him, knocking his tooth out in the process.
He further accused the rapper and his crew fled of stealing “valuable kitchenware” and causing thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to his property.
While he won’t be heading to jail in this case, DaBaby is no stranger to legal drama.
Earlier this year, he was accused of dodging the service of process in a lawsuit filed by the brother of his ex-girlfriend DaniLeigh, who was violently attacked by DaBaby and his entourage at a bowling alley in 2022.
According to court documents obtained by Radar Online, Dani’s sibling Brandon Bills hired a public investigator to track down the 32-year-old rapper, but his efforts were unsuccessful.
He further claimed that process servers had tried to furnish the papers to DaBaby in his home state of North Carolina as well as in California where he now lives — but in both cases they were unable to find him.
Police investigated the incident and looked to charge the rapper with assault with a deadly weapon, though he maintained that his actions were the result of self-defense. When Bills refused to cooperate with authorities in the criminal case, the investigation came to a halt.
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