Police arrested the rapper Nelly early Saturday after a woman said he raped her on his tour bus in a town outside Seattle, an accusation the Grammy winner’s attorney staunchly denied.
Cmdr. Steve Stocker, a spokesman for the police department in the town of Auburn, Washington, said Nelly, whose real name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., was in jail Saturday after being arrested at about 4:37 a.m. in his tour bus at a Walmart.
Police said in a statement the woman called 911 to report being sexually assaulted by Nelly on the tour bus.
He will have his first appearance before a judge “at some point,” Stocker said. Nelly was scheduled to perform in Ridgefield, Washington, on Saturday night.