Self-professed “pimp” Katt Williams says he’s no “cat burglar!” In a new interview making the rounds on the blogosphere today, the popular stand-up comedian reacts to his arrest this week after allegedly looting a friend’s home of nearly $4,000 in jewelry and rare coins.
“I did not steal when I was homeless, If I did not steal when I was starving, then I certainly will not steal $3,500 worth of jewelry, when I’m wearing $250,000 worth of jewelry…..”
An attorney for pimp/rapper/comedian Katt Williams says his famous client is innocent of burglary and criminal trespassing charges stemming from accusations that he broke into a friend’s home early Monday.
Officals in Newnan, Georgia say Williams — armed with a crowbar — entered a home in the suburb of Atlanta and made off with $3,555 in jewelry and collectable coins.
According to Katt’s lawyer William Briggs, Katt in Georgia shooting a movie and staying at the property of the movie’s producer, Barry Hankerson. Briggs adds Katt — who has had a mirage of run-ins with the law in recent months — had “full permission” to be on the property and has been staying there for the last three weeks.
Briggs tells TMZ that Williams was involved in a dispute with one of Hankerson’s employees who lives in the guesthouse, and the employee called the cops and reported a faux burglary. The 38-year-old remains at the Coweta County jail after a judge set bond at more than $41,000 during a court hearing Monday.
Katt Williams, the pint-sized comedian known for his relaxed hair and potty-mouthed stage presence –was arrested for burglary and criminal trespassing in a suburb 40 miles south of Atlanta early Monday morning, ABC News has learned.
Police pinched Katt trying to break into a home in Newnan, Georgia, a deputy at the Coweta County Jail confirmed Monday.The star of comedy vehicles like Friday After Next and The Pimp Chronicles is being held there and a magistrate is expected to set bond at an arraignment Monday afternoon.
The arrest comes after a string of legal spats for Katt, who was briefly jailed last November after New York City police pulled him over for driving without a license plate discovered three guns. Manhattan prosecutors dropped the weapons charges in July.
Has Katt Williams gone crazy? Or is he smoking something?
On Friday November 14th, the comedian was hospitalized after walking into a motel lobby (wearing only a bathrobe) to check into a room at Mount Vernon Inn located in Sumter County, South Carolina.
Katt Williams underwent a psychiatric evaluation in Sumter, South Carolina over the after displaying a string of erratic behavior over the past several weeks, including a November 4 no-show on Late Night with Conan O’Brien and an arrest in New York on weapons charges earlier this month.
“Following an arduous 300 show, 18-month touring schedule that left him incredibly fatigued, Katt felt compelled to be with his family in an effort to deal with his stress. While doing so, he is under a doctor’s care. As this is a private and personal matter, the media is asked to respect his family’s request for privacy.”
Katt Williams kept his fans waiting at Carnegie Hall for more than half an hour last night in NYC — because he was getting himself bailed out of jail on weapons possession. Read the rest of this entry »
Katt Williams was ousted as the host of the 2008 BET Hip-Hop Awards, taped in Atlanta last weekend, after he got into a furious argument with one of the show’s producers. Read the rest of this entry »
