Beloved maker of the best bedroom R&B of the last few years, The Weeknd has been arrested after allegedly punching a policeman in the face. The Canadian musician, real name Abel Tesfaye, reportedly got into a fight at around 4:30 am last weeknd at The Cromwell Hotel in Las Vegas.
Police were called to break up a fight, during which Tesfaye punched an police officer in the head, and was subsequently arrested for battery.
The incident follows recent news that rapper Joey Bada$$ punched a 20-year-old security guard at Falls Festival Byron. He’s due to appear at Byron Bay Local Court in March.
It’s all very bad news, because I really like The Weeknd and it sucks that he’s engaging in violence like this. Hopefully we won’t see much more of this in the future.
After spending a few hours in jail, he posted this to Instagram. So it doesn’t seem like he’s in too much trouble.
Anyway, here’s some lovely new tunes from the offender, courtesy of the 50 Shades of grey soundtrack: