T.I. was arrested early Wednesday morning.
Around 4:00 a.m. this morning, T.I. was reportedly arrested outside of the gated community where he lives. After a fun night out, Tip returned to his home and attempted to enter without a key. Unfortunately, the security guard refused to let him past the checkpoint, stemming T.I. to ask the guard, “Don’t you know who I am?”
T.I. proceeded to get into an argument with the guard, before calling a friend for assistance. The security guard called the Henry County Police Department and both T.I. and his friend were arrested.
Tip was arrested on simple assault, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness charges. T.I.’s friend already had a warrant out for his arrest, so his arrest was unrelated to the incident. The “Live Your Life” rapper later posted bond.
T.I.’s attorney, Steve Sadow, released the following statement, “Tip was wrongfully arrested early this morning when he attempted to gain entrance into his gated community – where his wife ‘Tiny’ and his family reside. The guard was sound asleep when Tip arrived at the guardhouse. It took Tip some time to wake up the sleeping guard. Tip clearly identified himself and sought entry. The guard refused entry.”
Sadow added, “Tip was in contact with ‘Tiny’ by phone and ‘Tiny’ confirmed that Tip should be let in immediately. The guard continued to refuse entry without justification. Words were exchanged and apparently the guard and/or a supervisor called the police. When the police arrived, they were not interested in hearing Tip’s side of the story and wrongfully chose to end the situation by arresting Tip.”
