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Rick Ross accused of strangling, hitting woman in Miami Beach

Rapper Rick Ross was arrested Thursday in connection with a domestic violence incident at his Star Island mansion, where a woman accused him of repeatedly striking her and restricting her breathing during an altercation in August, according to Miami Beach police.

Ross, whose legal name is William Leonard Roberts II, voluntarily surrendered to detectives at Miami Beach Police headquarters Thursday before being taken into custody, police said. He was booked into the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center at 6:10 a.m.

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