Kanye West Faces Charges for Run-in with Photog at LAX

Kanye West faces three misdemeanor charges for a run-in with a photographer at LAX last fall Last September, rapper and producer Kanye West was arrested at LAX when he lashed out at a photographer and smashed their camera. Today comes word that West now officially faces three misdemeanor counts stemming from the incident, reports On the Red Carpet. "According to the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office, the 31-year-old hip-hop mogul is charged with one count each of vandalism, grand theft and battery." West manager, Don Crawley, faces two charges, one each of vandalism, grand theft and battery. West will be arraigned April 14th at the Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles.

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They should drop the charges if he promises not to sing or diddy old songs anymore.

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