New York rapper Remy Ma turned herself in to authorities today (Wednesday) after being accused of punching reality TV star Brittney Taylor in the eye while backstage during the Pretty Lou Benefit Concert at Irving Plaza near Union Square on April 16, TMZ reports.
According to reports, the 38-year-old was charged with assault after surrendering to the 13th Precinct detective squad in Manhattan with her lawyer in tow. Sources say that she was booked for misdemeanor assault.
The arrest stems from an altercation between the Love and Hip Hop: New York cast mates when Taylor claims that Remy, whose real name is Reminisce Smith, punched her in the face after she told the rapper that she had saved Remy’s step-daughter from getting beat up from a man during Spring Break. The alleged assault reportedly caused Taylor to seek treatment at Manhattan’s Mount Sinai Hospital.
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“What happened with me and Dej in Miami is I saved her—I saved her life, and [Remy] got aggressive [when Britteny told her at Irving],” Taylor told NY Daily News. “She was like, ‘That’s not what I heard,’ and she punched me in the face.”
She continued, “”She’s supposed to be someone with the status and power that she can use for good or bad,” she said. “She shouldn’t be punching someone — punching someone so hard in the face to the point that here we are four days later and my eye’s only getting worse. It really hurts.”
Taylor’s attorney, Sanford Rubenstein, tells TMZ that Brittany “has confidence in our system of justice and will continue to fully cooperate with the authorities.”
