MIAMI BEACH, Fla.

- Rapper Rick Ross was arrested Thursday morning in Miami Beach in connection with a domestic violence case, online jail records show. Leer en español According to records, Ross, whose real name is William Leonard Roberts, was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 6:10 a.m. on a battery by strangulation charge. The 50-year-old's arrest comes days after his now ex-girlfriend, Jazzma Kendrick, took to Instagram to publicly accuse him of physically abusing her. Last weekend, Kendrick posted an Instagram Story, sharing a DM from a fan who told her,  I'm seeing what Rick is seeing your (sic) so gorgeous.  Kendrick responded,  He saw a punching bag.  An arrest report from the Miami Beach Police Department names the victim in the case only by the initials J.K. According to the report, the victim went to the police department Tuesday to report a domestic violence incident that she said occurred on the morning of Aug. 28. Police said the victim and Ross had been in a relationship for about a year and lived together at the time of the incident.

According to the report, the victim claimed that she was awakened by Ross on Aug. 28, as he was enraged that she had been tagged in a photo on Instagram. Police said Ross questioned the victim, accused her of lying to him and then slapped her in the face. The rapper then accused the victim of being involved with a man she claimed she was only friends with, authorities said. According to the report, Ross followed the victim around as he questioned her and struck her each time she denied the accusations. Police said Ross also struck the victim several times in the chest and choked her to the point that she couldn't breathe by grabbing the collar of her hoodie and twisting it. Authorities said the rapper then grabbed the victim by her ponytail and slammed her into a wall before striking her in the face as she was bent over, leaving her with a  busted lip.  According to the report, Ross then pushed the victim to the floor of a bathroom, grabbed the shower head and tried to spray her with water.

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