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Offset avoids jail time over security guard assault charge

Offset has been ordered to complete 50 hours of community service for allegedly assaulting a security guard.

Last November, Jim Leobardo Sanchez filed a civil lawsuit against the former Migos rapper, accusing him of assault, battery, and the intentional infliction of emotional distress. 

Lawyers alleged Offset - real name Kiari Cephus - had pushed Sanchez on "his vest and then punched him with his right fist once to his left cheek" when he declined to provide I.D. during a visit to the MedMen cannabis dispensary in Los Angeles in March 2025.

The following month, prosecutors at the Los Angeles City Attorney's Office also filed a misdemeanour assault charge against Cephus, to which he pleaded not guilty.   

But in legal documents obtained by Rolling Stone on Monday, a judge agreed to dismiss a criminal charge in the case as part of a "diversion order" if the hip-hop star completes 50 hours of community service, attends an anger management programme, and doesn't commit any further "violations" in the next 12 months.

However, the judge could reinstate the case if Cephus defies any provisions.

In the motion seeking a diversion order, the 34-year-old's lawyer, Christy O'Connor, insisted her client had "kept his nose clean" in the time since the "embarrassing and regretful incident".

Representatives for Offset and Sanchez have not yet commented on the decision. 

The Say My Grace star has denied all allegations against him.

Sanchez's civil claims remain pending, with a hearing scheduled for 5 August.

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