Rapper Mystikal handed 20-year prison term in Louisiana rape case
TL;DR
Rapper Mystikal (Michael Lawrence Tyler) was sentenced to 20 years in a Louisiana prison after pleading guilty to third-degree rape for a 2022 incident at his Prairieville home; the plea deal reduced the charge from first-degree rape (which carries a life sentence), and weeks earlier he sought to withdraw the plea as the victim urged the maximum sentence. He has been held without bond since 2022, and he previously served six years for a 2003 sexual battery conviction.
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