Court sentences Grammy nominated US rapper to 20 years imprisonment for rape

Grammy nominated US singer, Michael Lawrence Tyler, better known as Mystikal, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment.

Mystikal was jailed on Tuesday for raping an unnamed woman at his Louisiana home in 2022.

The rapper was sentenced to 20 years after he pleaded guilty in March to reduce the charge from first-degree rape, which carries an automatic life sentence.

A few days before his sentencing, Mystikal moved to withdraw his plea, arguing that he took the decision under “significant emotional distress” and “substantial pressure”. The court dismissed the motion.

During the hearing, the anonymous victim accused the rapper of punching her, choking her, pulling out her braids and forcibly raping her at his home in Prairieville, and asked the judge to give him the maximum penalty.

According to a local TV station, the rapper responded, “If I did that to you, I deserve the max sentence.”

DAILY POST reports that Mystikal has been in jail since he was arrested in 2022. He was sentenced to six years in prison in 2023 after pleading guilty to sexual battery.