Rapper Rick Ross beat, kidnapped man at his mansion, arrest warrant claims

Arrest warrants accuse rapper Rick Ross of forcing a man into a guesthouse at his mansion and beating him, chipping his teeth and severely injuring his neck and jaw.

Ross, 39, faces kidnapping and assault charges after a U.S. Marshals Service fugitive task force and deputies arrested him Wednesday at the mansion in Fayette County, south of Atlanta.

Jim Joyner, a supervisor with the Marshals Service task force, said 39-year-old Ross— whose real name is William Roberts — was jailed without bail on kidnapping, aggravated assault and aggravated battery charges.

Arrest warrants say Ross' bodyguard, 42-year-old Nadrian James, faces kidnapping and aggravated battery charges.

It wasn't immediately clear whether Ross and James have attorneys who could be contacted for comment. A representative for Ross' record label didn't immediately return a message.

Arrested without incident

Officers showed up at the mansion, once owned by boxer Evander Holyfield, but someone inside refused to open the gate leading to the home, authorities said.

"They refused to open the gate, so we opened the gate for them," Joyner said.

Once officers got past the gate, someone inside opened the front door so they didn't have to break it down, Joyner said. Ross and the bodyguard were then taken into custody without incident, Joyner said.

"They didn't put up a struggle or anything," he said.

Second arrest in two weeks

It was the second time in the past two weeks Ross has been arrested in Fayette County. On June 10, Ross was booked into the county jail on a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession.

In that case, Ross and a passenger were pulled over because the windows of the Bentley in which they were riding violated tinting regulations, Fayette County sheriff's spokesman J. Allen Stevens said at the time. The officer smelled marijuana and found some inside the car, Stevens said.