Oct. 7 (UPI) -- Rapper Nelly was arrested in Washington state early Saturday after a woman told police he sexually assaulted her aboard his tour bus following a concert.
Police in Auburn, Wash., said Nelly, whose given name is Cornell Iral Haynes Jr., was taken into custody at 4:37 a.m. Saturday after the female victim called 911 to say she had been sexually assaulted. The 42-year-old St. Louis native was briefly held at a regional jail before being released hours later.