Rapper Faces Up To Six Years For Assault
8:00PM ET October 19th, 2012
Contributor : Martin James
A Rocky Williform Company

Hip hop star Flavor Flav has been released from prison after being arrested and detained on charges fo domestic violence battery and assault with a deadly weapon. Earlier this week, Flav was involved in a violent dispute with his fiancee and her teenaged son, with reports that he pulled a butcher knife on the young man and battered the woman.

Reuters reports that Flav, born William Drayton, Jr., was released on $23,000 bail and will be appearing in a Las Vegas court next week.

"The caller advised she had been involved in a physical altercation with her fiancé who was identified as William Drayton," said the police report.

Flav faces up to six years in prison if convicted of assault with a deadly weapon, and could face as much as six months if found guilty of domestic violence battery.