The Weeknd Arrested for Allegedly Punching a Cop

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R&B singer The Weeknd was arrested in Las Vegas after allegedly punching an officer in the head.

Authorities were called to the scene when a fight involving the singer, who’s real name is Abel Tesfaye, started inside the Cromwell Hotel in Las Vegas.

Officer Laura Meltzer, a spokeswoman for the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police tells E! News, “A man by the name Abel Tesfaye was arrested on Saturday night in Las Vegas at about 4:42 a.m. Special Event officers responded to call regarding a fight that broke out at the 3500 Block of South Las Vegas Blvd. When they got to the venue there was a big group of people in an altercation.”

Meltzer added, “They tried to separate up the fight. They took one man (Abel Tesfaye) into the elevator and he punched the officer at the side of his head with a closed fist. He was arrested for battery of a protected person and taken to Clark County Detention. He is not there anymore so he must of bailed out.”

The Weekend has not commented on the incident, but after he was bailed out he posted a pic of himself boarding a private jet with the caption, “escaped from Las Vegas.”

escaped from Las Vegas

A photo posted by The Weeknd (@abelxo) on Jan 10, 2015 at 10:12pm PST

(Photo Credit: Kevin Winter/Getty Images, Las Vegas Metropolitan Police, Instagram)

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