It was a rough weekend for The Weeknd. The Alt-R&B crooner was tossed to the clink in Las
Vegas on Saturday after delivering the fade to a police officer in the middle
of a scuffle after his show.
The Weeknd had a violent run-in with the law on Saturday, E!
News has confirmed. The 24-year-old singer, whose real name is Abel Tesfaye,
was arrested after he allegedly punched a police officer in the head.Officer Laura Meltzer, a spokeswoman for the Las Vegas
Metropolitan Police tells E! News, “A man by the name Abel Tesfaye was arrested
on Saturday night in Las Vegas at about 4:42 a.m. Special Event officers
responded to call regarding a fight that broke out at the 3500 Block of South
Las Vegas Blvd. When they got to the venue there was a big group of people in
an altercation.”
Meltzer added, “They tried to separate up the fight. They
took one man (Abel Tesfaye) into the elevator and he punched the officer at the
side of his head with a closed fist. He was arrested for battery of a protected
person and taken to Clark County Detention. He is not there anymore so he must
of bailed out.”In the mug shot from his arrest, The Weeknd appears calm and
cooperative while sporting his signature crazy hairdo.
Via E!online:
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