Breathe easy, Dr. Dre; you’re off the hook.
The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office has decided not to pursue a gun charge against the rap mogul stemming from a confrontation on Monday with a motorist, a spokesman for the office said Wednesday.
According to the spokesman, the office declined to pursue a misdemeanor charge of exhibiting a concealed firearm against Dr. Dre — real name: Andre Young — due to a lack of sufficient evidence.
Young was handcuffed, searched and briefly detained on Monday, after a motorist told the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department that a man fitting Young’s description had pointed a gun at him, after he parked in front of Young’s Malibu residence.
When questioned by deputies, Young denied pulling a gun on the motorist or threatening him, saying that the motorist had blocked his driveway and he had asked him to leave.
After the driver drove a short distance and returned to the spot, Young told deputies, he pulled out his cell phone to film the man.
No weapon was found at the scene and Young was not transported to the station.
However, according to the sheriff’s department, the motorist “initiated a private person’s arrest of Mr. Young for misdemeanor brandishing a firearm.”