Sky Balla is now dealing with extra sexual assault fees in Las Vegas after two extra girls accused the Bay Space rapper of violent assaults that mirror a 2021 incident on the Aria resort, prosecutors confirmed.
The brand new claims add to an already disturbing case in opposition to Sky Balla, whose actual title is Sky Nathan Branklyn. The 45-year-old artist had beforehand been charged in reference to a June 2021 assault that started on the Aria’s Excessive Restrict Lounge. A girl instructed police she met a person who launched himself solely as “Sky” on the bar, and after a number of drinks, she blacked out.
She later awakened in a lodge room in extreme ache as the person was sexually assaulting her. Based on the arrest report, “Investigators later discovered such a lot of blood within the room that the lodge categorized it as a biohazard.”
The lady instructed police she tried to withstand and instructed him to cease, however he punched her within the face till she misplaced consciousness once more. She stated she got here to as he tried to drive himself into her mouth. She finally crawled to the toilet and hid there at midnight for 2 hours earlier than convincing him to let her depart. He ordered her an Uber, police stated.
Branklyn was initially charged with two counts of sexual assault leading to substantial bodily hurt, two counts of sexual assault and one depend of battery by strangulation with intent to commit sexual assault. He pleaded not responsible.
Now, in accordance with KLAS-TV, two extra girls have come ahead with eerily related tales. Each stated their encounters with Branklyn started consensually however escalated into violence. Prosecutors say the similarities between their accounts and the Aria case are putting.
Branklyn’s prison document stretches again greater than 20 years. Courtroom paperwork present he was convicted of sexual battery in Hayward, California, in 2002, and rape by drive in Huntington Seashore in 2008. He’s at present listed as a registered intercourse offender in California.
In 2006, a separate incident in Las Vegas was reported however by no means led to fees after the lady concerned declined to pursue the case, in accordance with the Las Vegas Assessment-Journal.
Branklyn has been a part of the Bay Space Hip-Hop scene because the early 2000s, releasing unbiased music and collaborating with native artists. Regardless of his future within the regional rap world, he by no means broke into the nationwide highlight.
The expanded case is scheduled for trial in February. Branklyn stays in custody at Clark County Detention Middle. His authorized staff has not issued any public statements concerning the new accusations.
Las Vegas police are persevering with their investigation as they assess whether or not extra victims might come ahead.