Rapper Kodak Black is finally free after being locked up in Miami for two months.
The entertainer, born Bill Kahan Kapri, is no stranger to legal trouble and was sentenced to prison after a 2023 arrest for drug possession triggering a probation violation. His release came two weeks after the charges were dismissed, an occasion the entertainer’s lawyer celebrated with pride.
Kodak Black Regains Freedom After Drug Possession Charges Dropped
Black regained his freedom on Wednesday, February 21, following a ruling from US District Judge Jose E. Martinez in Miami. As noted, his arrest on drug possession charges violated the terms of his supervised release from an unrelated drug case, which resulted in him being locked up for two months.
The 26-year-old was arrested in 2022 on charges of distribution of oxycodone and possession of a controlled substance without a prescription. He was released on bond with regular drug tests as a condition of his release; however, he failed to uphold his end of the bargain.
According to court records, the “Roll In Peace” rapper was ordered to spend 30 days in drug rehab earlier last year after missing a drug test in February and testing positive for fentanyl days later.
Things took a turn for the worse in June 2023 after authorities reported he failed to show up for a drug test and later issued a warrant for his arrest, according to USA Today. As noted, Black’s release from a Miami jail comes nearly two weeks after his drug possession charges were dismissed in nearby Broward County.
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Judge Barbara Duffy of the Broward County Circuit in South Florida dismissed the charges. He ruled that prosecutors in Black’s case could not deny the fact that he had a valid oxycodone prescription filled by a pharmacy at the time of his arrest.
Due to the inability to deny or deny the fact, there is no case against the 26-year-old rapper. The drug possession drama began last December when Plantation police found him asleep at the wheel with white powder around his mouth.
The white powder initially tested positive for cocaine, but further lab tests confirmed it was oxycodone. During the trial, Black’s attorney was able to dismiss the charges by presenting a valid prescription that he obtained from a pharmacy in July 2022.
Additionally, the rapper’s attorney, Bradford Cohen, proudly announced his client’s dismissal of drug possession charges on Instagram. He shared a photo of the court papers with the caption:
“Motion to Dismiss @kodakblack new case for possession of ‘cocaine’ which is actually oxycodone….GRANTED. I’ll leave it here. We have moved to regain his bond. With my friends of over 20 years, @skywriter.esq and Fred Haddad.”
Bradford took an active part in helping Black regain his freedom and wasted no time defending his client last December when his oxycodone prescription was mistaken for cocaine.
Kodak Black’s Lawyer Speaks Out About Rapper’s Brutal Federal Prison Experience
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Following his arrest in December 2023, Black’s lawyers vehemently denied the cocaine allegations and claimed the “stones” found on the rapper may have been prescription drugs. Cohen shared an emotional statement detailing his long relationship with his client and his experience in Federal Prison.
“The job of a lawyer is not easy. That statement could be amended to read the duty of a lawyer who cares about your case, and your well-being is never easy. I have represented @kodakblack since he was a child,” the attorney wrote.
“When he went to federal prison, he was beaten by the guards so badly that he had to be hospitalized at one point,” Cohen continued, claiming his client was addicted to prescription drugs following his brutal incarceration. In his words:
“We sued the BOP, but Kodak said he wanted to move forward when he was released and asked me to drop the case. The injuries from the abuse plus the gunshots put him on prescribed pain medication.”
Cohen noted Black, “like many people across the country,” became dependent on the prescribed pill. As for the December drug case, the legal representative insisted that he believed “that the ‘rock’ that this officer found when testing was Percocet, not cocaine.”
Sources also backed up the lawyer’s narrative, claiming Black usually carries his prescription medication in a bag, and it could easily be mistaken for another substance if it’s not marked. Insiders say this happened when officers found unlabeled drugs in the rapper’s possession.
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