The Brief Rapper Rick Ross was arrested Thursday and faces battery charges, according to TMZ. Jazzma Kendrick, Ross' ex-girlfriend, posted on social media that he allegedly abused her. The alleged incident happened in August and Kendrick went to police to report what occurred earlier this week.



Rick Ross was arrested Thursday morning in Miami Beach on two battery charges after his ex-girlfriend called police earlier this week alleging that he was violent with her, TMZ reported, citing law enforcement sources.

Ross, whose real name is William Leonard Roberts, faces charges of felony battery by strangulation and misdemeanor battery, according to TMZ.


The rapper's arrest comes a few days after Jazzma Kendrick, his former girlfriend, made a post on Instagram publicly accusing him of physically abusing her, Local10 News in Miami reported.

Rick Ross' attorneys release statement

What they're saying:

TMZ obtained a statement from Rick Ross' attorneys, Steve Sadow and Bradley Horenstein, who wrote the following:  William Roberts II, professionally known as Rick Ross, is being wrongfully accused by an ex-girlfriend whose true motivations are unclear. The ex did not even file a police report until a month after the claimed incident allegedly took place. Mr. Roberts is innocent and has pled not guilty to the charges. He respectfully requests that his friends, fans and the general public not prejudge the situation and allow the judicial process to run its course. 

Rick Ross arrested

Dig deeper:

In a Miami Beach Police Department arrest report, obtained by Local10 News, Jazzma Kendrick went to the police department on Sept. 29 to report a domestic violence incident she alleged happened a month earlier on Aug. 28, 2026.

Authorities in the report stated that Kendrick and Ross were in a relationship for a year and lived together at the time of the alleged incident.

Kendrick claimed that Ross woke her up on Aug. 28 and was angry she was tagged in a photo on Instagram. The report noted that

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