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<\/p>\n Nelly<\/strong><\/a>‘s legal team is firing back at police after the rapper was arrested at a Missouri casino … they say he was “targeted by an overzealous, out of line officer.”<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Nelly’s attorney, Scott Rosenblum<\/strong>, told Page Six<\/strong><\/a> … Nelly had won a jackpot at the Hollywood Casino in St. Charles Wednesday morning when the arresting officer falsely told him they needed to run a background check before giving Nelly his money.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Rosenblum says Nelly knew this claim to be bogus because he had won bigger jackpots at the same casino, and in those instances, he received his winnings without a background check and no issues whatsoever.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n This time, though, Nelly’s attorney claims the officer conducted a background check … which police say turned up an active warrant for no insurance from a previous traffic stop conducted by Maryland Heights Police.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Nelly’s attorney says once he was informed of the warrant the officer handcuffed Nelly and paraded him through the casino in front of other gamblers.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Rosenblum says the arresting officer then searched Nelly without probable cause and claimed to have found alleged ecstasy among Nelly’s belongings.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n <\/a>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Nelly’s attorney says the active warrant was issued in December from a traffic stop that happened in 2018 … and he says Nelly was NOT given notice of the warrant.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Rosenblum says if Nelly was not famous he would have been told to address the warrant and sent on his way … instead of being arrested, as was the case here.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n As we reported … the Missouri State Highway Patrol, which has troopers from its gaming division at the casino, told us Nelly was booked for felony drug possession<\/strong><\/a> and on a warrant for no vehicle insurance.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p>\n Nelly’s attorney, however, says he has not been charged with drug possession … and Rosenblum’s confident the case will go nowhere and his law firm will be asking for an inquiry into the arresting officer’s conduct.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n <\/p><\/div>\n\n
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