Lil Nas X Court Hearing Postponed in Battery Case

Lil Nas X, the 26-year-old Grammy-winning rapper whose real name is Montero Hill, appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on Monday for a brief hearing related to felony charges stemming from an August incident in Studio City. The artist, dressed in a brown leather jacket, beige pants and cowboy boots, smiled as he entered the Van Nuys Courthouse but remained silent during the proceedings. The judge postponed further hearings until March 12, signing a protective order for the transfer of discovery materials in the case.

The charges arose from an early morning encounter on August 21, when Los Angeles police responded to reports of a man walking nude along Ventura Boulevard around 5:40 a.m. Officers found Hill in his underwear and cowboy boots, and the situation escalated as they attempted to take him into custody, according to prosecutors. Hill allegedly resisted, resulting in injuries to three officers. He was charged with three counts of battery with injury on a peace officer and one count of resisting an executive officer. Hill pleaded not guilty to all counts on August 25 and was released on $75,000 bond. If convicted, he faces up to five years in state prison.