Troubled rapper Kevin Gates barely tasted freedom before he was re-arrested on an outstanding weapons charge on Friday.
Gates, whose full name is Kevin Jerome Gilyard, was due to be released from the Polk County (Florida) jail on Friday, March 24, when jail staff uncovered an outstanding warrant on weapons charges and he was returned to prison.
The “2 Phones” musician had completed five months of a six month jail sentence for kicking a female fan in the stomach at a concert in Lakeland, Florida in 2015.
In video footage of the incident, Gates appeared to kick the woman in her abdomen, and he was convicted of battery last year (Oct16), receiving a 180 day sentence and one year of probation.
A hearing relating to Gilyard’s outstanding warrant will reportedly take place today, MArch 24.
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