Rapper 50 Cent appeared in court on Friday for a preliminary hearing on those charges he picked up when police found two loaded guns in a vehicle he was travelling in. He didn’t speak during the court appearance, but outside the court house his lawyer stressed is innocence.
As reported last week 50 Cent was being driven to a gig when police stopped the car and found the weapons – New York law dictates that anyone traveling in a car with unlicensed guns on board is liable to face charges. But his lawyer Robert Kalina told MTV the rapper was "as innocent as anyone I've ever seen or heard."
Word is at least one of the guns was in the possession of 50 Cent’s bodyguard Timothy Bonaparte who was traveling with him at the time. Bonaparte, who is reportedly licensed to carry firearms in Connecticut and Florida, apparently works as a bounty hunter and claims the gun had been taken from a bail jumper he had been pursuing. Bonepart claims he planned to hand the gun into the police later that day.