Hip-hop star Busta Rhymes has been arrested following an incident at a New York gym. The 43 year old was arrested for second degree assault after a spat with a gym employee.
It is claimed an argument erupted between the two, which ended with the rapper allegedly throwing a 17-ounce container of protein drink at the employee and hitting them on the back of the head with the bottle. Buster Rhymes (real name Trevor Tahiem Smith Jr.) was working out at Steel Gym on West 23rd Street in New York when the event took place.
‘This is another attempt to take advantage of Busta’s celebrity status,’ his attorney Scott Leemon told TMZ, adding the allegations are ‘a bunch of bull.’
‘It’s stupid,’ Busta told New York Daily News. ‘It’s ridiculous; it was literally a bottle of Muscle Milk.’
It has been reported that the two people have been involved in an ongoing dispute,  New York Post has suggested the disagreement began the day before the escalation. One witness claimed the employee worked behind the front desk and asked Busta to leave when he showed up to purchase some items behind the counter.
‘Things got heated. Busta splashed water on him and the employee threw water back. Busta’s security got between them,’ Sean Aird, 23, a bodybuilder from Brooklyn, told New York Daily News. ‘The cops came and (the employee) kept changing his story.’
‘He was provoked. Busta never had any physical contact with him whatsoever.’
Busta Rhymes is due back in court on November 6th.
