Mystikal Seeks to Withdraw Guilty Plea in 2022 Rape Case Before 20-Year Sentencing
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Updated · WBRZ · Jun 16
Mystikal Seeks to Withdraw Guilty Plea in 2022 Rape Case Before 20-Year Sentencing
2 articles · Updated · WBRZ · Jun 16
Summary
Friday's motion asks a Louisiana judge to let Mystikal withdraw the guilty plea he entered in March, days before he was due to be sentenced.
The rapper, Michael Tyler, said he lacked enough time to consider the consequences and was under significant emotional distress and pressure to decide immediately.
Tyler had pleaded guilty on March 17 to reduced third-degree rape charges with a 20-year sentencing cap after his 2022 arrest on first-degree rape and false imprisonment counts.
Investigators alleged Tyler beat, choked and raped an acquaintance at his Prairieville home, then took her phone and keys and sent himself money from her device.
The filing revives a case shadowed by Tyler's earlier sex-crime history: he served six years in prison after a 2004 sexual assault case and later registered as a sex offender.