Wiz Khalifia Facing Up To Two Years In Prison After Being Indicted For Smoking During Performance In Romania
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Wiz Khalifa has reportedly been indicted in Romania for smoking weed on stage during a festival performance over the summer.
According to reports from XXL, the rapper was formally indicted on Monday, Oct. 21 for illicit drug use during a Constanța Tribunal.
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Recreational use of marijuana is illegal in Romania. According to Romania Insider, if convicted, the rapper faces a prison sentence of three months to two years or a fine.
Khalifa, born Cameron Thomaz, was one of the headlining acts at the Beach, Please! Festival on July 13. A video soon went viral across social media that showed him being detained after smoking on stage during his performance. He was later released.
Romania Police later released a statement about the incident: “Investigations revealed that during a performance at a music festival in the Costinești resort, Constanța County, he possessed more than 18 grams of cannabis (a risk drug) and consumed another quantity of cannabis on stage in the form of a hand-rolled cigarette,” the statement read.
Wiz addressed the incident on X, formerly known as Twitter, the following day. See the statement below.
The 37-year-old rapper has yet to address the alleged indictment.
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