In a polarizing move, the City of Philadelphia announced on Tuesday (March 17) that they've suspended arrests for a handful of non-violent crimes. The decision comes as a response to the coronavirus mandates that have been implemented over the last few days nationwide. The City of Brotherly Love issued a formal statement and listed what crimes will now be exempt from arrest, however, just because an offender isn't taken into custody during this COVID-19 lockdown doesn't mean a warrant won't be issued in the future.

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The statements reads: "Arrests for certain non-violent offenses will be made pursuant to an Arrest Warrant, which will be served at a later date. This means that a person who would ordinarily be arrested and processed at a detective division, will now be temporarily detained for the purpose of confirming identity, as well as completion of required paperwork. At a later date, that person will be arrested pursuant to an Arrest Warrant."

The crimes that get a temporary pass include narcotics, theft from persons, theft from auto, retail theft, burglary, vandalism, stolen auto, all bench warrants, economic crimes, and prostitution. Unsurprisingly, this decision has caused some Philadelphia citizens to panic, while residents of major cities across the United States worry that their police departments will follow suit. Do you think this is a wise move?

The strange cases set against Mally Mall continues. Last year, there were reports that the former Love & Hip Hop Hollywood star and record producer was in trouble with the law. There were accusations that he’d participated in both human and exotic animal trafficking. In April 2019, a few of his exotic pets were reportedly seized by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Mall was arrested.

Mally Mall would later deny all allegations against him, but he was sued for rape and sex trafficking. The rape case was reportedly dropped in May 2019, but then he faced charges regarding running a prostitution business in Las Vegas from 2002 to 2014. In the latter case, Mall pleaded guilty back in October 2019 and is said to be sentenced on January 21.

On Friday, TMZ reported that 26-year-old fitness model Quashay Davis has sued Mall for “sexual battery, false imprisonment, gender violence and infliction of emotional and physical distress.” According to the outlet, in January 2019, Quashay traveled from Dallas to Los Angeles to meet with Mall about expanding her fitness business. They met at his home where she was offered liquor and introduced to a former porn star named Jayla Foxx. Quashay alleges that she was drugged because she “blacked out” and “the next thing she remembered was waking up to a masseuse massaging her.”

Then, according to the court documents, Mall slapped Quashay to help her regain full consciousness before telling her “You’re my new bitch,” and “You’re my Jayla number two.” Quashay said she feared for her life when he “tried to get her to do cocaine, then forced her to perform oral sex on him — before roughly penetrating her.” 

The woman, who said Mall called her a “stupid dumb n****r,” claims that Mall admitted to drugging her with molly. Quashay said she floated in and out of consciousness for the remainder of the day and at one point she woke up and saw a number of random naked women “in a hypersexualized environment.” She alleges that she was able to leave Mall’s home the next day and immediately went to a doctor who saw that her “injuries were consistent with a rape.”

Mall’s representative issued a statement to TMZ on behalf of the producer: “This is a blatant attempt at extortion. There is absolutely no factual basis or merit in this case.”