{"id":92330,"date":"2017-03-03T21:25:39","date_gmt":"2017-03-04T02:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=92330"},"modified":"2017-03-03T21:25:39","modified_gmt":"2017-03-04T02:25:39","slug":"singer-trey-songz-declines-plea-offer-in-assault-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2017\/03\/03\/singer-trey-songz-declines-plea-offer-in-assault-case\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Trey Songz declines plea offer in assault case"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_92331\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-92331\" style=\"width: 480px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15697872_10154514303134934_1446793423883158580_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-92331\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15697872_10154514303134934_1446793423883158580_n.jpg\" alt=\"Singer Trey Songz has declined to accept an offer that would have reduced a felony assault charge stemming from a concert appearance in Detroit to a misdemeanour. (Photo: Trey Songz\/Facebook)\" width=\"480\" height=\"586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15697872_10154514303134934_1446793423883158580_n.jpg 480w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/15697872_10154514303134934_1446793423883158580_n-246x300.jpg 246w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-92331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Singer Trey Songz has declined to accept an offer that would have reduced a felony assault charge stemming from a concert appearance in Detroit to a misdemeanour. (Photo: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/treysongz\/photos\/a.425653364933.198368.11006459933\/10154514303134934\/?type=3&amp;theater\">Trey Songz\/Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>DETROIT\u2014Singer Trey Songz has declined to accept an offer that would have reduced a felony assault charge stemming from a concert appearance in Detroit to a misdemeanour.<\/p>\n<p>The Detroit Free Press reports (http:\/\/on.freep.com\/2m4jAfb ) that Songz, whose real name is Tremaine Neverson, was arraigned via video Friday in Wayne County Circuit Court from Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The newspaper reports that the plea offer remains open. It also would place the 32-year-old Songz on two years&#8217; probation as part of his sentencing.<\/p>\n<p>Songz was charged in December with aggravated assault and assaulting a police officer. Authorities said microphones and speakers were thrown from the Joe Louis Arena stage. A police sergeant also was punched.<\/p>\n<p>Police have said the singer became upset when told to end his performance.<\/p>\n<p>The case is heading to trial.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DETROIT\u2014Singer Trey Songz has declined to accept an offer that would have reduced a felony assault charge stemming from a &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":92331,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[16108],"class_list":["post-92330","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-trey-songz","mauthors-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92330","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=92330"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/92330\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/92331"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=92330"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=92330"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=92330"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}