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Louisiana rapper Kevin Gates is reportedly standing up for attacking a female fan at a concert last year.
According to reports, Gates wants a case against him tossed over the now-infamous August 2015 incident.
Gates says Miranda Dixon tried to grab him twice during the show last August in Lakeland, FL — and since he gave her a verbal warning after her first failed attempt … he had every right to fight back. In the docs, he says Dixon managed to grab his shorts the second time, and he thought she was trying to pull him offstage … so he used necessary force to defend himself and prevent further harm. (TMZ)
Back in September, Gates spoke out on attacking the female fan.
“I’m not saying he was right in retaliating the way he did but at the same time, how many times can you keep asking someone to stop touching you before you defend yourself,” said Ryan Sayers. “I feel like she was disrespecting him because he asked her multiple times to stop and she didn’t.” said Danielle Vitale. (ABC Action News)
Gates addressed his headline-generating situation on a song called “#TheTruth” days prior.
“Man in the mirror, you way outta order/Go to jail, who gonna look out for your daughter?/All in the news ’bout what happened in Florida/Posted on WorldStar on iPhone recorders/She grabbed my d*ck over and acted, I’m sorry/Two or three times I had already warned her/Edit that part out, I don’t like to argue,” he raps in the opening bars of the song.” (“The Truth”)
Father forgive me – I fucked up a blessing. Whenever I fall you the only one catch me. https://t.co/MqQU3kiH1l
— Kevin Gates (@iamkevingates) September 2, 2015
#TheTruth – https://t.co/MqQU3kiH1l
— Kevin Gates (@iamkevingates) September 2, 2015
The 18-year-old fan Miranda Dixon talked about the attack’s aftermath a few days prior.
“It still hurts so much, that is why I try not to talk too much, or even walk around,” Dixon said. “I just cannot still believe this happened to me,” said the teenager. (ABC Action News)
