Rapper ‘very thankful’ to be given chance to enter mental health diversion program after arrest in LA last year
A judge has allowed Lil Nas X to enter a mental health diversion program intended to lead to the dismissal of charges of attacking Los Angeles police officers.
Judge Alan Schneider told the rapper and singer on Monday that if he sticks to his treatment program and obeys all laws for two years, his four felony counts will be dismissed.
The court found that the incident was the result of his since-diagnosed bipolar disorder and was an aberration from his usual behavior.
The program, formally known as postponement of prosecution probation, also requires that he not possess guns or threaten violence.
