Portrait of XXXTentacion

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XXXTentacion

Documented profile covering 10 controversies, including “2015: Armed home invasion and aggravated battery case” and “March 2017: No contest plea in the 2015 case and release”.

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Profile No. 1528 · Updated on 12 October 2026

Portrait of XXXTentacion

Photo: State of Florida · Public domain

10Documented controversies
10Sources
1Formal charge · all time1 closed without conviction
1Conviction

I. Documented controversies

Case · 3 documented stages

2017–2018: Repeated postponements of domestic violence trial

Case dismissed / dropped
01

2017–May 2018

2017–2018: Repeated postponements of domestic violence trial

Case dismissed / dropped

The domestic violence trial was repeatedly postponed over procedural, evidential and organisational issues concerning the separate cases.

State of the evidence
Documented
Attribution
Accused

Sources · 1

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09

December 2017

December 2017: Additional witness harassment/tampering charges and imprisonment

Case dismissed / dropped

Authorities added new charges involving alleged contact with or pressure on the victim or witnesses, and Onfroy was again imprisoned.

Attribution
Accused

Sources · 2

  1. [1]
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10

October 2016

2016: Arrest for aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, strangulation, false imprisonment and witness tampering

Case dismissed / dropped

Onfroy was arrested and charged with several serious offences involving his former girlfriend, including aggravated battery of a pregnant victim, domestic battery by strangulation, false imprisonment and witness tampering.

Attribution
Accused
Course of the proceedings
  1. Formally charged — Formal charge before the current outcome

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02

10 May 2018

May 2018: Spotify stops promoting XXXTentacion under new 'hateful conduct' policy

No legal proceedings

Spotify removed XXXTentacion's music from several editorial playlists under a new policy targeting artists whose conduct was deemed incompatible with the platform's values.

State of the evidence
Documented

Last verified: 12 September 2026

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03

1 June 2018

June 2018: Spotify abandons conduct policy and resumes promotion of his music

No legal proceedings

Following criticism of the policy's arbitrariness and selective application, Spotify abandoned its 'conduct' provisions and restored XXXTentacion to certain playlists.

State of the evidence
Documented

Sources · 2

  1. [1]
    The GuardianSpotify scraps 'hateful conduct' policyPressHigh reliability
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04

18 June–October 2018

2018: XXXTentacion's death, closure of pending cases and posthumous release of recording described as a confession

Case dismissed / dropped

After his murder in June 2018, the criminal proceedings pending against Onfroy were closed without trial. In October, a secret recording made before his death was released; he discussed the alleged abuse and other violent acts in terms that both prosecutors and the defence reportedly regarded as a confession.

State of the evidence
Documented
Attribution
Accused

Sources · 2

  1. [1]
  2. [2]
    PitchforkXXXTentacion Recording: Full TranscriptPressHigh reliability

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Case · 2 documented stages

2015: Armed home invasion and aggravated battery case

Conviction
05

November 2015–2017

2015: Armed home invasion and aggravated battery case

Conviction

Jahseh Onfroy, later known as XXXTentacion, was prosecuted in a case dating from November 2015 involving armed home invasion, robbery and aggravated battery with a firearm.

State of the evidence
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Attribution
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06

March 2017

March 2017: No contest plea in the 2015 case and release

Conviction

Onfroy was released after pleading no contest in the home invasion and aggravated battery with a firearm case.

Attribution
Accused

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07

January 2017

January 2017: Detailed deposition by complainant describing a pattern of repeated violence

Allegations

In a deposition, his former girlfriend described repeated assaults, threats, strangulation and periods of confinement which she attributed to Onfroy.

State of the evidence
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Attribution
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08

2017

2017: Complainant's affidavit requesting charges be dropped and suspicions of witness tampering

Investigation

The complainant signed an affidavit requesting that the charges be dropped. Prosecutors questioned whether her change of position was voluntary and investigated possible pressure or witness tampering.

State of the evidence
Documented
Attribution
Accused

Sources · 1

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II. Constellation of documented links

No documented link with another published profile for now.

Two profiles are linked when a documented controversy of one names the other. The link points to that controversy and its sources; it does not indicate a personal relationship.

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