Kanye West Arrested for Felony Vandalism

Kanye West was reportedly arrested today, September 11, 2008 by L.A.X. police near the American Airlines terminal, a rep for the airport’s public relations office confirmed to MTV News.

Kanye and his bodyguard were both charged with felony vandalism, but his bodyguard was also charged with battery. Apparently, the incident involved a scuffle with paparazzi and both were held in police custody when the news broke.

On Thursday, TMZ reported that when a paparazzo began taking photos of Kanye, he allegedly grabbed the photographer’s camera and threw it to the ground, smashing it and thus was arrested.

What was also reported was that a different paparazzo started taping it which caused Kanye to approach him and demand:

“gimme that f—ing tape.”

It’s not acceptable for photographers to get attacked, but one can empathize with someone when they’re getting harassed.

Stay tuned for more news on this incident.

Photo Source: WENN

Published 9/11/08 by

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