A rapper and former actuality TV determine is dealing with a felony intercourse trafficking cost in Las Vegas in an ongoing felony investigation alleging that he used his giant social media following to recruit ladies as prostitutes, in accordance with police.
Information confirmed Wednesday that Kevin Lamont Barnes Jr., 37, was arrested Monday and launched Tuesday with out bail from the Clark County Detention Heart pending a preliminary listening to of proof Might 10.
Barnes, who makes use of the title Chopper and was featured on the early 2000’s MTV actuality collection “Making the Band,” was represented in court docket by a public defender. It was not instantly clear later if he had an lawyer who might converse on his behalf.
Particulars of the investigation weren’t instantly made public by police or prosecutors.
The superstar web site TMZ stated it obtained paperwork exhibiting that an undercover vice detective posing as a intercourse employee stated Barnes used social media to inform the individual to journey to Charlotte, North Carolina, to turn out to be a part of his “group.”
The Las Vegas Evaluate-Journal reported that after his MTV stint, Barnes grew to become a member of the hip-hop group Da Band, fashioned by Sean “P. Diddy” Combs.
