Charleston White Arrested Again on Florida Battery Charge
Charleston White Arrested Again on Florida Battery Charge
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Comedian and YouTube commentator Charleston White was arrested Saturday in Florida on a misdemeanor battery charge.
The 49-year-old was taken into custody by the Hollywood Police Department and booked into the Broward County Jail, according to TMZ, Complex and the Daily Mail.
Jail records reviewed by Complex and the Daily Mail list one count of Touch or Strike/Battery, with the case marked "pending trial" and bond set at $0 while a judge reviews it.
Details of the alleged incident have not been made public.
The Charge
Touch or Strike/Battery is a misdemeanor count. The $0 bond figure in the jail record is not a release — TMZ reported a judge will review the case before deciding whether to set bond.
Timeline
White is released from a Texas Youth Commission facility. He had been convicted of murder at age 14 for his role in a Foot Locker robbery in Arlington, Texas, in which a co-defendant fired the fatal shot.
After studying criminal justice at Texas Wesleyan University, he founds Helping Young People Excel, an outreach program aimed at steering young people away from gangs and crime.
White says on a livestream that the FBI investigated allegations he was holding women hostage and possessing illegal weapons. He mocks the claims.
He is arrested in Texas on one count of animal cruelty and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, accused of pepper-spraying a cat. His combined bond is reported at $31,000. He denied the allegation.
He is arrested again in the Fort Worth area on two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, held without bond, and released days later. He later said the charges were dropped.
Hollywood police arrest White in Florida and book him into the Broward County Jail on the battery count.
Reactions
Neither White nor police have publicly described what led to the arrest, and no statement from him has been reported by TMZ, Complex or the Daily Mail.
White has pushed back hard on past accusations. He denied the 2024 animal cruelty allegation, and in 2023 he ridiculed the reported FBI inquiry on a livestream: "And they said that I got Asian girls, now, this what the FBI said they said, they said I got Asian girls held hostage with Glocks, switches and bombs," he said, per Complex.
The Daily Mail reported that White smiled in his mugshot, wearing a tan jumpsuit.
What's Next
A judge is set to review the case and decide on bond, according to TMZ. The charge is listed as pending trial.
White is scheduled to perform at Off the Hook Comedy Club in Naples, Florida, on Wednesday at 7 p.m. It is unclear whether the arrest will affect the show.
More
White, a Fort Worth native, has built an audience of more than 250,000 YouTube subscribers with combative commentary on hip-hop, crime and current events, alongside work as a comedian and motivational speaker. His run-ins with the law have repeatedly become part of that public persona.
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