T.I. was arrested on Sunday evening (August 5) at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Airport in a case of mistaken identification. In response to inmate information, he was taken into custody at 4:31 p.m. native time and launched at roughly 6:19 p.m. the identical day. The cost was listed as “Fugitive From Justice.”
The mixup occurred after a warrant had been issued for a Baltimore man named Clifford Harris, the identical as T.I.’s authorities title. The suspect is needed for his alleged involvement in violent habits towards a lady, stalking and potential weapon costs. T.I. was taken from the airport to Clayton County Jail, and since the warrant was issued out of state, the T.I.’s arrest triggered an automated extradition listening to, which a choose rapidly dismissed.
T.I. has but to deal with the incident on his social media pages.
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T.I. and his spouse, Tamika “Tiny” Harris, have confronted a slew of authorized troubles lately. Final month, the couple requested a California choose to dismiss a lawsuit accusing them of sexual assault and battery as they contested the deserves of a civil grievance filed by a lady recognized as Jane Doe.
“All of the claims asserted within the Grievance are time-barred as a result of the statute of limitations for such claims has lengthy expired over sixteen years in the past,” T.I .and Tiny’s attorneys wrote. “Additional, however the truth that Defendants Clifford Harris (‘Mr. Harris’) and Tameka Harris (‘Mrs. Harris’) (collectively ‘Defendants’ or ‘Harrises’), deny that any of the alleged conduct even occurred, the Grievance fails to allege info to sufficiently set up any of the claims alleged within the Grievance.”
They added, “Accordingly, Defendants search to dismiss all of the claims within the Grievance … for failure to state a declare upon which any reduction might be granted. As a result of there isn’t a potential treatment for these deficiencies … Defendants search dismissal of this whole motion.”
Jane Doe sued T.I. and Tiny for sexual assault, battery, sexual battery, negligence, false imprisonment and intentional infliction of emotional misery in January. The girl mentioned the Harrises drugged and sexually assaulted her on an unspecified date in 2005.
T.I .and Tiny denied the allegations, claiming the alleged sufferer tried to extort them earlier than submitting the lawsuit.
“On the heels of positivity, negativity at all times rears its ugly head,” T.I. and Tiny informed AllHipHop in January. “This plaintiff has been threatening to file this lawsuit for THREE years. For THREE years, we now have emphatically and categorically denied these allegations. For THREE years we now have maintained our innocence and refused to pay these extortionate calls for for issues we didn’t do.
“For THREE years, we’ve maintained the identical place whereas the claims on this story have modified time and time once more. Our place is obvious… We’re harmless of those faux claims, we won’t be shaken down, and we stay up for our day in court docket.”
