Overview
- Lil Nas X appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom on March 12 as attorney Christy O’Connor requested a brief continuance to move the case into an unspecified diversion program.
- Diversion could result in dismissal if he completes required treatment or rehabilitation, whereas a conviction on the current charges could bring up to five years in state prison.
- He has pleaded not guilty to four felonies: three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting an executive officer, with prosecutors saying three officers were injured.
- The charges stem from an August 2025 incident in Studio City when police say he was walking in traffic in his underwear; he was taken to a hospital for a possible overdose and later entered out-of-state treatment with details sealed by the court.
- After the hearing, he thanked fans in a brief statement outside the courthouse and gave a street musician $100 after requesting a song.