Tekashi 6ix9ine strikes plea deal after probation violation: Conditions explored

Tekashi 6ix9ine struck a plea deal after he was arrested for violating his probation. Daniel Hernandez, known professionally as Tekashi 6ix9ine was arrested on Tuesday morning, October 29 after violating the terms of his supervised release. Although he only had 6 months of his five-year term of supervised release left, the rapper allegedly failed drug tests and traveled without permission.

He was also late to court on the Tuesday he was arrested. 6ix9ine's probation stems from a plea deal that the rapper had accepted over racketeering charges in 2018. On Thursday, November 7, AP confirmed that the rapper had accepted a plea deal on Wednesday, agreeing that he would serve a month behind bars and another year of probation.

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Tekashi 6ix9ine agrees to serve a month behind bars

As mentioned earlier, Tekashi 6ix9ine was arrested on October 29 after violating the terms of his release. The Gummo hitmaker's lawyer Lance Lazzaro told TMZ that the rapper committed three violations of his probation terms.

He failed a drug test after testing positive for meth, he blew off another required drug test, and the rapper also traveled to Las Vegas, Nevada for a performance without permission from the probation department.

The rapper was notified of his violations, two weeks prior to his October 29 arrest, and was ordered to appear in front of a New York federal judge at 9:30 a.m. However, 6ix9ine was an hour late to court, which according to the New York Post's October 29 report, infuriated Manhattan federal Judge Paul Engelmayer, who ordered U.S. Marshals to bring him in.

However, Lazzaro told TMZ that the rapper voluntarily surrendered after arriving to court on his own. The lawyer revealed that the rapper takes prescribed Adderall and alleged that his drug test for meth could have been a false positive. According to AP, Engelmayer who initially ordered for the rapper's release in 2020 was dismayed by his actions.

The outlet reported that the judge reminded Tekashi 6ix9ine of his compassionate 2020 release, prompting the rapper to apologize and claim that he was "not a bad person". AP further confirmed that the rapper struck a plea deal with federal prosecutors to conclude his current stint behind bars last Wednesday.

As per the plea deal, Tekashi agreed to serve a one-month prison sentence. Followed by a month each of home incarceration, home detention, and home curfew, complete with the use of an ankle monitor. He is also required to be supervised by the Probation Department for yet another year, following his release from prison.

Tekashi 6ix9ine was charged in late 2018 with racketeering charges over his alleged involvement with the Nine Trey Bloods gang. Although he initially pleaded not guilty, the rapper accepted a plea deal in February 2019. The rapper pled guilty to 9 charges and revealed that he had reportedly ordered a gang member to shoot at rival rapper Chief Keef.

The plea deal allowed the rapper to cut short a potential 47-year prison sentence to a mere 2 years. Alongside prison time, the rapper also had to undertake five years of supervised release, 1,000 hours of community service, and a $35,000 fine.

Engelmayer ordered his release in 2020, a few months before his scheduled release, after the rapper argued that his asthma made him increasingly susceptible to coronavirus, which was running rampant through prisons at the time.

As reported by AP, Judge Engelmayer confirmed that Tekashi 6ix9ine would be sentenced right after he admits guilty to his probation violation during an upcoming hearing on Tuesday, November 12. He would also require both sides to explain why the aforementioned plea deal was enough for multiple probation violations by the rapper.