Probation Violation Charges Sought Against Rap Singer

He may have avoided jail time for felony charges of beating up his neighbor, but rap star Stanley “Flesh-N-Bone” Howse’s legal troubles continue.

On Friday, the city attorney’s office said it will seek to have Howse jailed, alleging that he violated the conditions of probation on an earlier battery conviction when he beat up a 64-year-old neighbor over complaints of loud music.

Deputy City Atty. Mike Pizzuti said Howse, a member of the Grammy-winning group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony was on probation for domestic violence, battery and narcotics-related offenses when police arrested him at his Chatsworth home last summer on the new charges.

The probation allegations were delayed until the more serious felony charges were decided.

Superior Court Judge Shari K. Silver sentenced Howse and his brother-in-law, Jamar Tarik Cole, to three years’ probation after they pleaded no contest to assault and illegal fireworks charges Friday morning. They were also sentenced to community service and were ordered to undergo anger counseling. In exchange for the pleas, Deputy Dist. Atty. Robert Foltz dropped terrorist threat and weapons charges and an explosives charge that carried mandatory incarceration.

Howse also faces a civil suit filed by the neighbor, Stephen Gambino, who contends that the beating left him with permanent jaw damage, hearing and vision problems.