Rick Ross arrested after woman accuses rapper of strangling, hitting her at Miami Beach home

Updated on: October 1, 2026 / 11:07 AM EDT / CBS Miami

Rapper Rick Ross was arrested Thursday in connection with a domestic violence incident at his Star Island mansion, where a woman accused him of repeatedly striking her and restricting her breathing during an altercation in August, according to Miami Beach police.

Ross, whose legal name is William Leonard Roberts II, voluntarily surrendered to detectives at Miami Beach Police headquarters Thursday before being taken into custody, police said. He was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 6:10 a.m.

The 50-year-old rapper faces one felony count of battery by strangulation and one misdemeanor count of battery. According to Miami Beach police and the arrest affidavit, the charges stem from an alleged late August domestic violence incident at his residence on Star Island that was reported to police on Sept. 29.

The arrest affidavit says Ross and the alleged victim had been in a relationship for about a year and were living together at the time of the alleged incident. The woman told investigators that on Aug. 28 she was awakened around 7:44 a.m. by Ross, who she said was angry because she had been tagged in a…

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