Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine.Photo: Johnny Nunez/Getty
Three men have been arrested in connection with thealleged assault of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ineinside a Florida gym.
Rafael Medina Jr., 43, Octavious Medina, 23, and Anthony Maldonado, 25, werearrested for assaulting and robbingthe musician — real name Daniel Hernandez — on Thursday, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Police records show all three men are being held at the Palm Beach County Jail and are expected to attend their first hearing on Friday.
Their arrests follow the alleged assault of the “Stoopid” rapper, 26, whose lawyer Lance Lazzaro toldVarietyearlier this month that he wasattacked outside an LA Fitness saunain Lake Worth, Florida on March 21.
“He had cuts to his face and bruises,” Lazzaro toldVariety, who added that the group of men fled the scene after gym employees caught on to the disturbance. Police were then called and Hernandez was taken to a local hospital in an ambulance, Lazzaro added.
On March 22, the PBSO shared in a statement that the incident took place in Lake Worth “between several individuals, leaving Daniel Hernandez injured. Hernandez was transported to a local hospital to be treated fornon-life threatening injuries.”
Lazzaro did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. It was not clear whether Rafael Medina, Octavious Medina and Anthony Maldonado have lawyers to speak on their behalf.
Anthony Maldonado, Octavious Medina, Rafael Medina Jr.Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (3)
Elsewhere in a clip from the attack, men can be seen circling around the rapper as he was kicked and remained on the bathroom floor, with one man yelling “shut the f— up.” Hernandez was also approached after the attack in footage from the gym, and told “I’m not gonna lie, I’m a fan, bro,” before he walked out of the bathroom with a bloody face.
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Lazzaro previously told TMZ that Hernandezdid not have security with himat the time of the attack and that he now plans on organizing protection for the star.
The attack comes four years after Hernandezpleaded guilty to nine felony charges, including a variety offirearm offenses, and admitted hisinvolvement with the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloodsin January 2019, reported theNew York Post.
At the time, he was sentenced to two years but was released from federal prison in April 2020 due to Covid-19 concerns,Varietyreported. His attorney for the case, Dawn Florio, told PEOPLE in March 2020 he was “theperfect model prisonersince his incarceration.”
source: people.com
