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Busta Rhymes Considers Judge's Plea Deal

NEW YORK - Busta Rhymes rejected a prosecutor's offer of six months in jail on two assault charges Tuesday but is considering a judge's deal that would let him plead guilty to misdemeanor assault and remain free.

Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Tanya Kennedy said the 34-year-old rapper could plead guilty to third-degree assault and receive a conditional discharge.

Rhymes, whose real name is Trevor Smith, is accused in one complaint with beating Edward Hatchett, 39, his former driver, "with a closed fist about the head and neck" and kicking him in the ribs and torso during a dispute over back pay. The Dec. 26 attack outside Rhymes' lower Manhattan office left Hatchett with cuts, bruises ...

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