Yung Gleesh – Bandwidth http://bandwidth.wamu.org WAMU 88.5's New Music Site Tue, 02 Oct 2018 15:23:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.5.2 D.C. Rapper Yung Gleesh Arrested, Released After Sexual Assault Charges http://bandwidth.wamu.org/d-c-rapper-yung-gleesh-arrested-released-after-sexual-assault-charges/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/d-c-rapper-yung-gleesh-arrested-released-after-sexual-assault-charges/#respond Fri, 27 Mar 2015 17:15:51 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=49772 Yung Gleesh booking photo

Via Austin Police

D.C. rapper Yung Gleesh, aka Asa Asuncion, turned himself in to authorities Tuesday after being charged with sexual assault in Austin, Texas.

Asuncion was sought on charges stemming from time he spent in Austin while playing the South by Southwest festival. An arrest affidavit says Asuncion allegedly assaulted an intoxicated woman after she passed out at a house where Asuncion had been staying during the festival.

A spokesperson for Austin police says the rapper turned himself in at the Travis County Jail Tuesday and was arrested. Austin’s KXAN-TV reports he posted bond and is no longer in custody.

Top photo: Screenshot from Yung Gleesh’s video for “Since When.”

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D.C. Rapper Yung Gleesh Charged With Sexual Assault http://bandwidth.wamu.org/d-c-rapper-yung-gleesh-charged-with-sexual-assault/ http://bandwidth.wamu.org/d-c-rapper-yung-gleesh-charged-with-sexual-assault/#respond Tue, 24 Mar 2015 20:03:43 +0000 http://bandwidth.wamu.org/?p=49614 Police in Austin, Texas, have charged D.C. rapper Yung Gleesh — aka Asa Asuncion — with sexual assault.

An arrest affidavit says Asuncion, 25, allegedly assaulted a woman early in the morning of March 20 while she was passed out intoxicated at a home in North Central Austin. A friend of the woman told police she was sharing a futon with her after a long night of drinking, and she woke up to find Asuncion partially naked and on top of the woman, who was sleeping.

The woman awoke when her friend confronted the rapper, a verbal altercation ensued and Asuncion ran upstairs, the affidavit says. Both women left for St. David’s Medical Center in Austin, where they called police. By the time authorities got to the house, they say Asuncion had already fled on foot.

Asuncion traveled to Austin to perform during South by Southwest and had been staying at the house, where he met the alleged victim three days before, according to the affidavit.

Fader — one of the outlets that’s been tracking the rapper’s ascent online — reports that Asuncion has been dropped by his management following the alleged assault. KXAN-TV, which first reported on the charges, says the rapper didn’t show up to a scheduled performance later on and canceled a show in Dallas.

Austin Police declined an interview through a spokesperson, saying they are “actively looking” for the D.C. rapper and “don’t want to jeopardize the case.”

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