Authorities said Thursday that three people were taken into custody following an alleged assault on rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine last week at a South Florida gym.
Rafael Medina Jr., 43; Octavius Medina, 23; Anthony Maldonado, 25, was arrested and charged, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement Thursday night.
They are charged with assault and robbery on the rapper, whom the office identified by his real name, Daniel Hernandez.
Jail records show that Rafael Medina and Maldonado were being held on suspicion of felony and robbery charges. Records were not available for Octavius Medina.
It was not clear whether he had a lawyer to speak on his behalf.
The rapper, 26, was in a sauna at an LA fitness south of West Palm Beach on March 21 when a group of people approached her and “beaten her up,” her attorney said.
“He had bruises on his face,” attorney Lance Lazzaro said in a statement.
The rapper tried to fight back, Lazzaro said, and the group has been charged after employees heard the disturbance.
Videos posted on social media showed him walking through the gym with blood on his face.
The sheriff’s office said in a separate statement that deputies were alerted to the brawl and that the rapper was taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.
In 2019, 6ix9ine pleaded guilty to multiple counts of robbery, firearms offenses, and drug trafficking. He spent 47 years behind bars, but his testimony later helped prosecutors convict two notorious gang leaders.