Casanova is facing more prison time after a grand jury returned a superseding indictment, charging the rapper with attempted murder.
Brooklyn rapper Casanova born Caswell Senior, has been charged with attempted murder and assault with a dangerous weapon by a grand jury. The new charges come nearly a year after the rapper was indicted in a federal racketeering case brought against 18 alleged members of the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation gang.
While the rapper was not charged with more serious crimes in the original indictment in December 2020, this new superseding indictment states that the rapper and fellow alleged Gorilla Stone member Jarrett Crisler, Jr. (Jayecee) “knowingly attempted to murder an individual and assaulted that individual with a dangerous weapon” and “shot at a rival gang member in Miami, Florida.”
Reports say that the incident allegedly happened on October 24, 2020. It is said that the Crip gang member took issue with Casanova flashing gang signs as he took pictures with fans. He yelled to the rap star, “yo homie, wrong sign.” Casanova allegedly responded, “you want to die tonight?”
The gang member was shot in the stomach, and another person was hit. Both were airlifted to a local hospital and treated for their bullet wounds.
To make the case more complicated for Casanova, prosecutors seized Chrisler’s phone and caught him bragging about the shooting to another associate.
If convicted, Casanova will face 15 years to life in prison.
The rapper has been in jail from December 2020.