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GloRilla performs onstage throughout Day 1 of the 2025 ESSENCE Festival

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Key Takeaways:

• Police arrested GloRilla on felony drug expenses after responding to a housebreaking at her suburban Atlanta dwelling.
• Her authorized staff claims she was out of city and is being unfairly charged regardless of being the sufferer.
• The housebreaking stays unsolved, however GloRilla now faces two severe drug-related felonies.

The circumstances surrounding the Tuesday (July 22) arrest of GloRilla, born Gloria Woods, are resulting in extra questions and hypothesis. The Memphis rapper’s legal professionals are adamant that she is definitely the sufferer in a case involving medicine, stolen jewellery and a house invasion.

Immediately after information broke of the “Yeah Glo!” rapper’s arrest for felony drug possession on Thursday (July 24), her legal professionals started to take the authorities to process over the remedy of their consumer.

Glo’s dwelling was reportedly broken into over the weekend whereas she was out of city. Forsyth County regulation enforcement responded to a “burglary in progress” on Saturday (July 19). Apparently three individuals entered the house however have been fired upon by an “armed occupant” inside, chasing the intruders away.

It was when deputies swept the house to make certain there have been not any threats inside that they discovered the illicit medicine. After deputies reportedly cited a “strong odor consistent with illegal narcotics,” a search warrant was secured and “a significant amount of marijuana” within the closet of the principle bed room was allegedly discovered.

Despite not being dwelling throughout the break in, Glo was finally charged with possession of marijuana and possession of a Schedule One managed substance, each of that are felonies in Georgia. She voluntarily surrendered on Tuesday on the Forsyth County Jail, posted her $22,260 bond and was freed on the identical day, in accordance with TMZ Hip Hop.

Glo’s attorneys, Marissa Goldberg and Drew Findling, say their consumer is being unjustly handled. “The arrest of Gloria Woods is a disturbing window into how warped regulation enforcement priorities have turn into,” the attorneys stated in an announcement to the publication. “Ms. Woods was out of town when her residence became a target for a group of home invaders who most likely knew she wasn’t there. What they didn’t know was that she had family staying with her that were traumatized by the violent entrance of this group who grabbed high-value jewelry before taking off once they realized the home wasn’t vacant.”

The regulation agency added, “No arrest warrants have been issued for the violent dwelling invaders. Ms. Woods is a sufferer, not a suspect. [These are] our tax {dollars} at work, completely unbelievable.”

On Thursday (July 24), Glo gave her facet of the story through a message on X. “Long story short my house [was] home invaded and I’m the only one [who] gets arrested,” she wrote. The rapper additionally added that she was in Indianapolis performing at the WNBA All-Star game over the weekend.