Kanye West was arrested in England on November 14, 2008, accused of assaulting a photographer, but was released without being charged the same day. The arrest happened outside a night club in Newcastle, where West was on his Glow in the Dark Tour.MTV News: Kanye West Arrested, Released (November 14, 2008)
Kanye West Previous Arrest
West was arrested on September 11, 2008 at LAX and booked on charges of felony vandalism, accused of grabbing the video camera of a pararazzi and throwing it to the ground, breaking it.MSNBC: Kanye West Arrested After Scuffle at Airport (September 11, 2008) The charges were dropped because the items destroyed were not valuable enough for the incident to qualify for felony vandalism.MTV News: Kanye West Arrested, Released (November 14, 2008)
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Arrest happened outside the Tup Tup Palace bar in Newcastle, EnglandDetroit Free Press: Rapper Kanye West arrested in England (November 14, 2008)
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Photographer claims West hit him because he tried to get pictures of West leaving a night club together with four womenTMZ.com: Kanye Arrested, Cleared (November 14, 2008)
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Neither West or his representatives have commented on the incidentMTV News: Kanye West Arrested, Released (November 14, 2008)
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Photographer had previously made similar claims about a soccer player in Britain a month earlierTMZ.com: Kanye Arrested, Cleared (November 14, 2008)
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