Playboi Carti charged with assault after limo altercation in Utah; adds to his history of legal issues

Playboi Carti (born Jordan Terrell Carter) has been charged with misdemeanor assault after an altercation with a limousine driver in Park City, Utah, law-enforcement reports and media outlets say.

According to the police report, the incident occurred on Oct. 2 while Carti and members of his entourage were being driven from the Waldorf Astoria Park City. The limo driver, identified in reports as Carl Reynolds, told deputies he intervened after seeing Carti arguing with his girlfriend.

Reynolds said he was struck during the dispute and pulled the vehicle over to a safer location in nearby Heber City, where deputies later recorded visible injuries. Reynolds also said another driver employed by the same limousine company witnessed the interaction.


Wasatch County deputies later arrived at the scene and documented the injuries sustained by Reynolds. Representatives for Playboi Carti and the Park City Police Department did not provide an immediate response.

The latest arrest adds to a series of prior encounters the rapper has had with law enforcement.

In 2017, he was charged with domestic battery, and two years later, in 2019, he was fined $900 after reportedly assaulting his tour bus driver in Scotland, according to multiple media reports.

Carti was arrested in Georgia in 2020 after police reportedly found drugs and firearms inside his Lamborghini. According to authorities, he was carrying bags of marijuana, three guns, as well as Xanax, codeine, and oxycodone. He was released on bond the following day.

Then, in late 2022, Carti was retaken into custody, this time on a felony aggravated assault charge, after allegedly choking his pregnant girlfriend during a dispute over a paternity test.