Lil Nas X pleads not guilty to attacking police officers as he walked naked on LA street

LOS ANGELES AP Lil Nas X was charged Monday with four felonies after police say he charged at them when they confronted him for walking naked down a Los Angeles street last week The musician whose legal name is Montero Lamar Hill pleaded not guilty in a court appearance to three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting an executive officer the district attorney s office reported The charges were far more serious than initial reports that he was being investigated for a misdemeanor and with convictions the counts could collectively bring a sentence of more than years in prison for the singer and rapper whose Old Town Road was one of the biggest hit singles in history Police commented officers ascertained the -year-old walking naked on Ventura Boulevard a major thoroughfare in the Studio City neighborhood shortly before a m Friday They say he charged at the officers when confronted and was arrested The criminal complaint filed in court Monday includes minimal details but says that for each of the three officers he did unlawfully use force and violence and inflict an injury on a person he reasonably should have known was a peace officer engaged in the performance of a duty Police suspecting a accomplishable overdose took him to a hospital where he spent several hours before being taken to jail where he has remained since After spending three days in jail he was disclosed on bail conditional on attending drug therapy A message to his attorneys was not at once answered But one of them Christy O Connor recounted a judge Lil Nas X has led a remarkable life that has included winning two Grammy awards Assuming the charges here are true this is an absolute aberration in this person s life O Connor revealed in court according to NBC Nothing like this has ever happened to him The charges were first shared by TMZ Lil Nas X is set to return to court on Sept for his next pre-trial hearing The rapper and singer from Atlanta is best known for s country and hip-hop merging Old Town Road which spent a record weeks at No on the Billboard Hot and won him his Grammys Known for his genre-bending innovating sounds and style his first full studio album s Montero went to No on the Billboard album chart and was nominated for a Grammy for album of the year