MIAMI — Palm Beach sheriff’s detectives have arrested three men accused of beating and robbing rapper Daniel Hernandez at an LA Fitness gym earlier this month.
The beating of the rapper, better known as Tekashi 6ix9ine, was bad enough that the 26-year-old was taken to the hospital.
Rafael Medina, Jr., 43, Octavious Medina, 23, and Anthony Maldonado, 25, were scheduled to have their first appearance in front of a judge Friday morning, said sheriff’s office spokeswoman Teri Barbera. They were arrested on Thursday.
Hernandez’s attorney, Lance Lazzaro, released a statement at the time of the incident saying his client was attacked by “three or four thugs who beat him up.”
According to Palm Beach sheriff’s Detective Eric Vasquez’s March 27 probable cause affidavit, after the three men hit and kicked Hernandez inside the Lantana Road gym’s locker room, they stole his sneakers, key fob to his Lamborghini SUV and his Apple iPhone.
The report said Hernandez’s shoes were Balenciagas, which, range in price from $3,000 to $4,000.
The report offers no motive for the attack, but Octavious Medina told a police informant that he wanted to turn himself in because “he was in the wrong and got overwhelmed with anger in the situation,” Vasquez wrote in his report.
Hernandez was treated for his injuries, which included cuts to his face, at Bethesda West Hospital, according to the report.
He was able to move his Lamborghini to a neighbor’s home in a gated community not named in the report. He said he moved the car because he “was afraid the suspects were going to locate his address and continue to hurt him,” Vasquez wrote.
The three are facing battery and robbery charges, according to the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
Information on the men’s legal counsel was not immediately available. As of Friday morning, they were being held in county jail on no bond.
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