He has four years left in his jail sentence.
“Is this really the way you want to end up in jail,” asked the judge, “by texting in violation of an order?”
The new criminal charges come as Weinstein’s trial in New York get underway.
The convicted criminal is being investigated for running his company from prison using a contraband phone.
The rapper was on bond awaiting trial on eight felony charges.
“Bodak Yellow” rapper is accused of ordering her entourage to attack two bartenders.
Sympathetic journalist Taki Theodoracopulos says he “may have misrepresented” the quote.
36 lives were lost after a fire ripped through the Ghost Ship live-work artist commune in Oakland in December 2016.
A judge denied the rapper a retrial despite accusations of perjury against the arresting officer.
“This indictment brings the defendant another step closer to accountability for the crimes of violence with which he is now charged,” says New York district attorney Cyrus Vance, Jr.
As part of his $10 million bail, Weinstein must surrender his passport and wear an ankle monitor. His travel will be restricted to New York and Connecticut .
Meek was recently released from prison after being incarcerated by an allegedly compromised Philadelphia judge.
