{"id":421689,"date":"2022-03-26T01:40:48","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T22:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/kidd-creole-didnt-intend-to-harm-homeless-man-he-stabbed-attorney\/"},"modified":"2022-03-26T01:40:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T22:40:48","slug":"kidd-creole-didnt-intend-to-harm-homeless-man-he-stabbed-attorney","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kidd-creole-didnt-intend-to-harm-homeless-man-he-stabbed-attorney\/","title":{"rendered":"#Kidd Creole &#8216;didn&#8217;t intend to harm&#8217; homeless man he stabbed: attorney"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f58588d359\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3f58588d359\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/kidd-creole-didnt-intend-to-harm-homeless-man-he-stabbed-attorney\/#%E2%80%9CKidd_Creole_%E2%80%98didnt_intend_to_harm_homeless_man_he_stabbed_attorney%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Kidd Creole &#8216;didn&#8217;t intend to harm&#8217; homeless man he stabbed: attorney&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CKidd_Creole_%E2%80%98didnt_intend_to_harm_homeless_man_he_stabbed_attorney%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Kidd Creole &#8216;didn&#8217;t intend to harm&#8217; homeless man he stabbed: attorney&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>R<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>er Kidd Creole feared for his life when he fatally stabbed a homeless man in Midtown five years ago, his attorney claimed Friday as the embattled hip-hop pioneer\u2019s murder trial got underway.<\/p>\n<p>The 61-year-old rapper, whose real name is Nathaniel Glover, is accused of stabbing vagrant John Jolly, 55, after a verbal confrontation in Midtown in 2017 because he thought Jolly was hitting on him.<\/p>\n<p>But attorney Scottie Celestin blamed Jolly\u2019s death on a mix of alcohol and the sedative Versed, which was given to him at the hospital because he was being combative with emergency workers.<\/p>\n<p>Celestin said Glover thought \u201cthe victim might harm him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy client was in fear, he was in fear for his life,\u201d Celestin said. \u201cHe didn\u2019t intend to harm Mr. Jolly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Assistant district attorney Mark Dahl said Glover made a \u201cstunning and candid\u201d confession when he spoke to police after Jolly had died.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI should have just kept going, should have just kept going,\u201d Glover said, according to Dahl. \u201cIt\u2019s all my fault. I chose to stab him. I have to take responsibility for that.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-604.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rapper Kidd Creole is accused of fatally stabbing homeless man John Jolly in Midtown in 2017.\" class=\"wp-image-21667065\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-604.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-604.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-604.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Rapper Kidd Creole is accused of fatally stabbing homeless man John Jolly in Midtown in 2017.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Steven Hirsch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When Glover was first taken into custody, he spoke twice to detectives and the assistant DA before asking if the victim had died, Dahl said. When Glover was told the victim was dead, he was if there was anything he wanted to tell the family, said Dahl.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTell them, \u2018I didn\u2019t mean to kill him,\u2019\u201d Glover responded, according to Dahl\u2019s account.<\/p>\n<p>Glover appeared in court wearing dark suit, off-white shirt and cream team, his grayed hair braided in a ponytail. He wore a mask and was cuffed when he first arrived, before saying \u201cgood morning\u201d to the judge.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"683\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-44.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683\" alt=\"Rapper Kidd Creole apparently left a written bathroom note warning about not \u201cpissing on the toilet seat.\u201d\" class=\"wp-image-21666394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-44.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-44.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=683 683w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-44.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 683px) 100vw, 683px\"\/><figcaption>Kidd Creole apparently left a written bathroom note warning about not \u201cpissing on the toilet seat,\u201d in his Bronx apartment.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-606.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\" John Jolly was killed in the stabbing.\" class=\"wp-image-21667063\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-606.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-606.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-606.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-606.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>John Jolly was killed in the stabbing.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Splash <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/news\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"2\" title=\"News\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">News<\/a><\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Once a member of the iconic group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, Glover had become a low-key maintenance worker living in a rooming house in The Bronx by the time of the deadly clash.<\/p>\n<p>He was on his way to work on Aug. 1, 2017 when Jolly, a registered sex offender, allegedly called out, \u201cWhat\u2019s up?\u201d to the rapper as he passed the corner of East 44th Street and Third Avenue.<\/p>\n<p>Glover told cops he \u201csuspected the man was gay,\u201d according to the prosecution, but he couldn\u2019t hear what Jolly said because he was wearing earphones. He took out the earphones and asked Jolly to repeat himself.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-602.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Kidd Creole on trial for the 2017 crime.\" class=\"wp-image-21667064\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-602.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-602.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-602.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kidd Creole on trial for the 2017 crime.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Steven Hirsch<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"682\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-45.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682\" alt=\"Kidd Creole during 2005 VH1 Hip Hop Honors - Pre-Party at Splashlight Studios in New York City, New York.\" class=\"wp-image-21666395\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-45.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1023 1023w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-45.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=682 682w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-45.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=341 341w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-45.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 682px) 100vw, 682px\"\/><figcaption>Kidd Creole originally couldn\u2019t hear what Jolly said because he was wearing headphones.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WireImage<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cNothing up bro, nothing up bro,\u201d Glover replied, according to prosecutors.<\/p>\n<p>Jolly followed Glover, who pulled a steak knife he kept tied to his wrist with rubber bands and stabbed the drunk homeless man in the chest. Glover had been robbed before in 2005, his attorney said.<\/p>\n<p>But the prosecutor said the only justification for stabbing jolly was because the victim said, \u201cWhat\u2019s up?\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-42.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"A refrigerator door note shows Rapper Kidd Creole had ranted about tenants not cleaning up after themselves.\" class=\"wp-image-21666393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-42.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-42.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-42.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>A refrigerator door note shows Kidd Creole had ranted about tenants not cleaning up after themselves.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Robert Miller<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThose are the words in the defendant\u2019s mind that was so threatening and menacing that he had no choice but to defend himself with a deadly physical force,\u201d Dahl said.<\/p>\n<p>Glover has previously taken issue with that characterization he thought Jolly was hitting on him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I\u2019m fighting the image that they portrayed me as a person who\u2019s intolerant of people with alternative lifestyles and that\u2019s not true,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/thesource.com\/2021\/03\/03\/kidd-creole-tells-his-side-of-the-story-for-the-first-time-since-being-charged-with-murder\/\">he told The Source<\/a> magazine in an interview from behind bars earlier this month.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-605.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Grandmaster Flash (seated in center) and the Furious Five\" class=\"wp-image-21667066\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-605.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-605.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/kidd-creole-605.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five in 1980.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Anthony Barboza\/Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-46.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024\" alt=\"Rapper Kidd Creole is known for being part of famous hip hop groups such as Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.\" class=\"wp-image-21666399\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-46.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-46.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/03\/Kidd-Creole-46.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Kidd Creole is known for being part of famous hip hop group Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">WPIX-TV via AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThey made me seem like I was the villain and the person who actually attacked me was the victim,\u201d Glover said in the interview. \u201cHow do they justify charging me with murder when this guy attacked me?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Prosecutors said Glover went to work after the stabbing and wiped blood from the blade with a tissue, which he flushed down a toilet. 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