R&B singer Mariah the Scientist was arrested this week after getting right into a battle at a membership and allegedly ripping a lady’s wig off.
Might 3 2024, Revealed 3:11 p.m. ET
R&B singer Mariah the Scientist was arrested after allegedly ripping a lady’s wig off throughout a battle at a membership, RadarOnline.com can verify.
The artist, whose authorized title is Mariah Buckles, turned herself over to Atlanta police in her dwelling state of Georgia on Wednesday. The incident went down on March 28 round 1:30 AM at a lounge within the metropolis referred to as Cavo.
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A police report we obtained mentioned that Cleopatra Dues, a hairstylist, advised officers that she was sitting at a desk with two associates when Buckles came to visit and mentioned “come on” a few instances, to which she advised Buckles “to beat it.”
The artist “grabbed her by her wig and pulled the wig off her head,” Dues claimed, including that she “did not know why she was attacked,” and that she “didn’t know” Buckles, “however knew who she was, due to her celeb standing.”
Buckles turned herself to the Fulton County jail on Wednesday, Might 1, and was launched on bond the identical day.
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Dues claimed the singer “grabbed her by her wig and pulled her to the bottom, ripping the wig and dragging the sufferer,” which precipitated “cuts on her ft, bruises on her knee, leg and ankles.” The alleged sufferer additionally had “a busted lip” and a “knot on her arm,” police mentioned.
Investigators additionally spoke with a witness, Keairra Caldwell, who mentioned that she was allegedly “struck” by Buckles “two or thrice as she grabbed her and the sufferer pulling them to the ground, inflicting the desk to interrupt.”
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Dues visited the police station the subsequent day to report the alleged assault. She advised officers a video of the battle was posted to social media, and that she wished to press fees.
Officers obtained in contact with Mariah the Scientist, who mentioned that “she went over with the membership proprietor to speak to the sufferer,” and claimed that Dues “threw a drink at her.”
“Then a buddy that was with the sufferer swung at her and missed, so she grabbed the sufferer and buddy and the desk broke they usually all ended up on the bottom,” in response to the suspect’s model of occasions, per the police report.
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Buckles advised police that “she was on tour and wouldn’t be coming in” to debate the case, however an arrest warrant was quickly issued and officers advised her on Might 1 that she wanted to show herself in.
The singer additionally advised police that “she would flip herself in quickly,” however an officer mentioned she “referred to as again and advised me off.” Buckles claimed that “she was the one assaulted and was defending herself.” Officers have been unable to substantiate her story, nevertheless.
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Dues visited the Atlanta Police Division on March 29 to report the incident.
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Caldwell, the witness, mentioned that Dues “didn’t ever throw something on the suspect and didn’t strike the suspect,” per the police report.
“Buckles was the responsible social gathering,” the officer wrote, including that the proprietor of the membership “didn’t inform me something that will lead me to imagine in any other case.”
Mariah the Scientist surrendered herself on the Fulton County jail on Wednesday and was arrested with out incident. She was charged with one rely of battery and one other rely of straightforward battery. The singer posted a $5k bond and was launched the identical day.