Walker
charged with 9 counts of felony sexual assault
Rapper Kaalan Walker
was charged with nine counts of felony sexual assault, the Los Angeles Police
Department said Thursday.
Kaalan Walker, 23, of
Valley Village was arrested on Sept. 11 by detectives from the Los Angeles
Police Department's Rampart Station in connection of a series of sexual
assaults dating back to 2016. Walker, who recently had a role in the 2018
thriller "Superfly," is being accused of a series of sexual
assaults. According to the LAPD, Walker contacted aspiring models on social
media "with the premise of being hired to work professionally."
Walker allegedly lured the women to meet with
him alone and then sexually assaulted them. The rapper and actor is being held
on over $1,000,000 bail.
Walker raps under the stage name
"KR" and released an album titled "The Intermission" last
year. In 2017, he appeared alongside Daniel Craig and Halle Berry in the film
"Kings."
In a June interview with Billboard, Walker
opened up about his battle with depression and how he got started in hip-hop. "I
don't think I would be on this earth right now if I rejected the fact that I
had depression. Once I started saying it openly and not caring about what
people think that's when it felt better," Walker told Billboard. "The worst part of depression is when you have
it and you hide it within yourself because you can't express it to anyone. When
you don't express it, it lives in your head. When it lives in your head, it
conquers your thoughts. When it conquers your thoughts, it drives you crazy.
When it drives you crazy you're dead. That's why as an artist if anyone asks me
personal questions I want to tell them the truth."
Police are asking those with information on
additional victims to contact the Van Nuys Area detectives at
818-374-9500.
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