NBA YoungBoy arrested in Utah on drug, weapons charges
CACHE COUNTY, Utah (WAFB) - Baton Rouge native and rap superstar, NBA YoungBoy, has been arrested in Utah, where he has been serving strict house arrest during legal proceedings stemming from a pair of arrests during a music video shoot in 2020.
According to jail records from the Cache County Sheriff’s Office, the 24-year-old, whose real name is Kentrell Gaulden, was booked on several charges Tuesday evening, April 16 around 6:30 p.m.
Jail records show YoungBoy was taken into custody on the following charges:
YoungBoy is awaiting trial for federal gun charges, which was paused in March pending the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling on Second Amendment rights this spring.
The rapper was indicted in March 2021 after allegedly being found with two guns during a September 2020 incident in Baton Rouge. Sixteen people were arrested on drug and firearm charges while filming a music video in an abandoned lot.
In July 2022, a federal jury in Los Angeles found YoungBoy not guilty of “knowingly” possessing a firearm during an arrest following a brief foot chase in California.
He has been serving house arrest in Utah, under the surveillance of a security firm staffed by military veterans. Last December, a federal judge lessened the conditions of his house arrest to allow YoungBoy access to mental health treatments, but denied him more time in the recording studio, despite arguments that his record sales have suffered due to his lockdown.
An attorney representing YoungBoy issued a statement saying in part, “Everyone is presumed innocent and he has been falsely accused in the past.”
No bail has been set.
