GONZALES - Louisiana-based rapper Mystikal pleaded guilty of third-degree rape in 2022 at his Ascension Parish home. 

The rapper, whose real name is Michael Tyler, was accused by the victim of stealing cash before he beat and choked her. The victim also said Tyler took her keys and phone so she couldn't leave. 

Once the sexual assault was over, Tyler allegedly let the woman leave after he forced her to send him money via CashApp. Tyler also has a previous conviction for sexual assault.

He was initially indicted for first-degree rape, simple criminal damage to property, domestic abuse battery by strangulation, simple robbery, and false imprisonment in the assault.

The sentencing will happen in June, and Tyler faces a maximum for 20 years in prison. He had faced a life term had he been convicted of the initial charges against him.