Ray J spent Thanksgiving behind bars after allegedly pointing a loaded gun at Princess Love throughout a livestreamed argument at their Los Angeles residence, a confrontation that ended with the singer posting $50,000 bail and strolling out of jail Thursday afternoon.
The 44-year-old singer and businessman was seen leaving the Los Angeles County jail wearing all black, avoiding eye contact with reporters as he took a cellphone name and exited with out remark.
His supervisor informed photographers he rushed over after receiving a name from Ray J behind bars, saying he “got here proper over to get him out.”
The arrest stems from an explosive home dispute that unfolded stay on Ray J’s social media feed. What started as a tense household argument shortly escalated when Ray J appeared to load a firearm on digital camera.
Princess Love later claimed he pointed the weapon at her and her cousin’s husband as she tried to go away the home with their kids.
“I might by no means put my youngsters in peril,” she stated. “And that features leaving them with a person who’s waving a gun round.”
Within the hours following his launch, Princess Love posted a video on Instagram with the caption “Sufficient is sufficient,” the place she accused her ex-husband of abusive habits and stated she’s been elevating their two kids, Melody and Epik, with out his assist.
“You’re greater than drunk,” she stated, urging him to hunt remedy and alleging that their kids as soon as discovered him “in mattress bare with one other girl.”
The scenario reached a boiling level when an off-camera voice, believed to be her cousin’s husband, confronted Ray J. The singer allegedly responded with, “I’ll shoot the f*** out of you.”
Ray J briefly addressed the incident in a now-deleted social media publish, claiming he felt threatened when Princess Love’s cousin’s husband entered his room to retrieve the kids. He wrote that he had “a serious problem” with the person’s presence and believed he was “defending his area.”
The couple’s relationship has lengthy been risky. They married in 2016, and Princess Love filed for divorce in 2020. Since then, they’ve been navigating a rocky co-parenting association, usually making headlines for his or her public disputes and reconciliations.
Now, Ray J faces a felony legal risk cost, which carries extreme authorized penalties if convicted. His subsequent court docket listening to is scheduled for December 19.
The incident provides to a rising checklist of home violence instances inside the Hip-Hop world, however the truth that this one performed out stay in entrance of 1000’s and allegedly in entrance of kids has amplified the general public scrutiny.
Ray J, whose profession has spanned music, actuality tv and tech ventures, now finds himself grappling with a authorized battle that might overshadow every little thing else.