Florida rapper Kodak Black (Dieuson Octaveis) is facing up to eight years behind bars if prosecutors can prove he assaulted a bartender while on probation or a possible six years if they can only prove he violated his house arrest.
In court last Wednesday (April 12), probation officer Sandra Friedman told Judge Michael Lynch Kodak is “polite” and “honest,” but said he failed to abide by the conditions of his house arrest, which bound him to a house in Pembroke Pines unless it was for authorized work purposes, and claimed he failed to complete mandated anger management classes. “At 19, I don’t think he has a mentality yet to be able to handle everything being thrown at him at once,” Friedman said. “I think he needs some people who are looking out for his interests. He needs to deal with his problems and he definitely needs anger management.”
On Friday, Kodak’s anger management counselor Ramona Sanchez accused him of intentionally disrupting group sessions by repeatedly burping. Sanchez said she asked him to leave, but he refused, and when she threatened to call 911, she claims he grabbed her phone and her wrist.
In regards to the alleged bar assault, Jennifer Cunningham, a bartender at Club Lexx, claimed during the initial court hearing Wednesday that Kodak stood on the bar, blocking her access to the cooler where she gets drinks for customers. She said she asked him politely to get down from the bar, which allegedly prompted Kodak to put his fingers in a gun formation and stick them to her temple. Cunningham claims after pushing Kodak away, he started swinging at her and even kicked her in the shoulder. Pressed by Gary Kollin, one of Kodak’s lawyers, as to why she waited two weeks to seek medical attention, Cunningham revealed that she was looking to pursue a civil lawsuit, but also said she filed an incident report with Miami-Dade police the day it happened, before she enlisted attorneys.
“Basically, I was a victim and assaulted by a gentleman that had no right to put his hands on me,” said Cunningham. “And I don’t tolerate that.”
Kodak’s lawyers contend his visits to Club Lexx and a boxing match in Ohio were for work purposes, but if they were nonetheless never pre-approved by his probation officer Sandra Friedman, he might be in a bind.
Asked in court on Wednesday whether he accepted a plea deal from the prosecution for a maximum of eight years in exchange for the case being resolved, Kodak said, “Yeah, I reject.”
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