Plea offer to rapper is pulled
Busta Rhymes will face trial on two assault charges after a New York judge withdrew a plea offer Monday that would have let the rapper remain free.
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Tanya Kennedy withdrew the offer that included probation, community service and a series of lectures to troubled youth. She cited his recent arrest for driving with a suspended license as the reason.
After the judge withdrew her plea offer, the 34-year-old rapper (real name: Trevor Smith) rejected a follow-up offer by the prosecution of one year in jail for each of two counts of assault -- to run concurrently -- and a $500 fine for the suspended license charge, and will go to trial instead.
Kennedy tentatively set the trial to begin May 8.
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