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Legal issues
On November 13, 2006, Williams was arrested at
Los Angeles International Airport after a gun that had been reported stolen was found in his briefcase.
[28] On December 14, he pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor count of carrying a concealed firearm and was sentenced to three years' probation, ordered to pay restitution, and given credit for the three days he spent in jail.
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In November 2010, Williams was arrested by police while working on a film in
Coweta County, Georgia. He was accused of stealing $3,500 worth of coins and jewelry. He was released the following day on a $40,000 bond.
[29] Police later charged him with burglary and criminal trespass.
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On June 11, 2011, Williams was arrested in connection with an alleged assault on a tractor driver. The alleged victim said three women approached his tractor at around 4:30 p.m. local time and attacked him with rocks and dirt clods, causing him facial injuries.
[31] Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department officers arrived on the scene and arrested the three women for assault with a deadly weapon, and arrested Williams for felony intimidation of a witness.
[32] He was booked into jail and released that same night on $50,000 bail.
[32]
On November 15, 2012, Williams was arrested in
Oakland, California, on charges of suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon; he had allegedly beaten an 18-year-old man with a bottle aboard Williams' tour bus in
Berkeley, California.
[33]
An attendee of Williams' shortened performance at the Oracle Arena in Oakland on November 16, 2012, filed a
class action lawsuit days after the event, seeking compensation for himself and "all others who paid money for a show, but got nothing but Katt Williams' nonperformance".
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On December 2, 2012, Williams was arrested in
Seattle after he allegedly got into a dispute at a bar in the
South Lake Union neighborhood. His arrest came after he no-showed the first night of a planned two-night performance at the
Paramount Theatre.
[35] Five days later, he was arrested in
Dunnigan, California, on a bench warrant arising from an incident the previous month in
Sacramento, California, during which he allegedly drove a three-wheeled motorbike onto a sidewalk and refused to stop for police. The resulting chase was halted due to safety concerns, and the bench warrant was issued after Williams narrowly missed several bystanders.
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On December 28, 2012, Williams was arrested in
Los Angeles on child endangerment charges. He was held in lieu of $100,000 bail, and four of his adopted children were placed in
protective custody.
[37] According to reports, the case fell apart and no trial was scheduled.
[38]
On January 8, 2013, Williams was arrested at his Los Angeles home after failing to appear in
Sacramento to answer the November 25 motorbike charges.
[39]
On October 29, 2014, Williams and
Suge Knight were arrested for the theft of a camera from a photographer in
Beverly Hills on September 5.
[40] In April 2017, Williams pled no contest to the charge of robbery and was ordered to undertake a year of anger management classes as well as receiving three years' probation.
[41]
On February 29, 2016, Williams was arrested in
Gainesville, Georgia, when a clerk at a swimming pool store said Williams had hit him. When police arrived, they found Williams already lying face down with his hands behind his back, waiting to be handcuffed.
[42]
On March 23, 2016, a video went
viral of the 44-year-old Williams getting into a fight with a 17-year-old boy following a dispute during a soccer game in Gainesville. The authorities planned to review the incident with the
DA in addition to his ongoing court cases.
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On April 27, 2016, Williams was arrested and charged with battery in
Atlanta, Georgia, after allegedly throwing a salt shaker at the manager of a local restaurant. The manager claimed to have been hit in the mouth with the salt shaker when Williams' group was denied preferential seating.
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On July 24, 2016, Williams was arrested on suspicion of battery after an altercation with a woman at the Sportsman's Lodge, a hotel in
Sherman Oaks, California.
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On September 15, 2016, Williams was arrested in
Fulton County, Georgia, on a charge of second-degree criminal damage to property, after having turned himself in on a warrant for failing to appear in court for the April 27 incident. This new arrest involved an allegation from February 28, 2016, stating that Williams had thrown a man's cellphone.
[47]
On October 6, 2018, Williams was arrested in
Portland, Oregon, on a charge of assault in the fourth degree, after he assaulted a driver during an argument about his dog. He was additionally arrested on an outstanding warrant from Georgia.
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Personal life
Williams has ten children consisting of three biological and seven adopted children.
[49] Williams is a
Christian and often wears a cross during his shows as a symbol of his faith, though he briefly joined the
Nation of Islam while living in
Oakland, California.
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