Lil Nas X Granted Mental Health Diversion in Battery Case

Lil Nas X is closer to having his felony assault charged dropped.

As per Rolling Stone, a judge granted the US rapper entry into a mental health diversion program in a Los Angeles courtroom this week.

Judge Alan Schneider determined that Lil Nas X's charges would be cleared so long as he fully complies with a treatment plan and obeys all laws for the next two years.

The judge found that his behaviour stemming from an arrest last August was “aberrant from his normal conduct” and that it was related to his bipolar diagnosis. He noted that Lil Nas X “appears to be doing very well” and that “when treated, he is much better off, and society is much better off.”

Lil Nas X, whose real name is Montero Hill, was arrested last year on suspicion of battery of a police officer after being found walking naked along Ventura Boulevard in Studio City. Police body camera footage captured the encounter, which prosecutors claimed resulted in injuries to three responding officers as they attempted to take Hill into custody.

Hill faced three counts of battery with injury on a police officer and one count of resisting an executive officer. He pleaded not guilty to all charges. If convicted, the 26-year-old artist faced up to five years in state prison.

Hill previously described the experience as "terrifying" in a social media post. "Your girl is gonna be OK, y'all," he said in an Instagram video shortly after his release. "That was fucking terrifying. That was a terrifying last four days. But your girl is gonna be all right."

During Hill’s court appearance, his defence lawyer, Christy O’Connor, said that his client had voluntarily checked himself into an Arizona treatment facility and received nearly two months of inpatient care.