- A judge has allowed rapper Lil Nas X to enter a mental health diversion programme.
- If he adheres to the two-year treatment plan and obeys all laws during that time, four felony charges against him for attacking Los Angeles police officers will be dismissed.
- The court determined the incident, where he allegedly charged at officers while naked in August, was a result of his recently diagnosed bipolar disorder.
- The program, formally a postponement of prosecution probation, also mandates that he not possess firearms or threaten violence.
- Lil Nas X, who had pleaded not guilty to the charges, expressed his gratitude, saying the outcome "could have been much worse."
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