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Ike Turner Jr. — the son of the precocious Tina Turner and her erstwhile husband, Ike Turner — was arrested successful Texas connected Saturday, May 6, conscionable weeks earlier her heartbreaking death, HollywoodLife has confirmed. According to the Alvin, Texas constabulary department’s report, Ike Jr., who is simply a Grammy award-winning musician, was charged with ace cocaine possession and tampering with evidence. He was besides sentenced to 18 days successful jail.
Ike Turner Sr. & Tina Turner (ITV/Shutterstock)
On Saturday, May 6, astatine astir 12:09am, an Alvin Police Officer pulled implicit Ike Jr., 64. A postulation halt was conducted connected a conveyance for the headlight oregon taillight being out, and a hunt led to the driver, Ike Jr., being arrested and charged with possession of a controlled substance (crack cocaine) and tampering with evidence. Police told PEOPLE that Ike tried consuming the narcotics earlier they could get a clasp of them. “He tried to devour the drugs earlier the officers could prehend them from him,” said Capt. Q.T. Arendell of the Alvin Police Dept.
Ike Jr. has been detained astatine the Brazoria County Jail for the past period and has not posted $70,000 bail, according to further jailhouse records obtained by HollywoodLife. Because of this, Ike Jr. was down bars erstwhile his parent died successful her home successful Switzerland connected May 24.
Ike Turner Jr. (Str/EPA/Shutterstock)
It’s not wide whether Ike Jr. and his parent were connected speaking presumption astatine the clip of her death. In 2018, helium told the Daily Mail that helium hadn’t talked to her successful implicit a decade. He worked arsenic her dependable engineer, pursuing her divided from her abusive ex-husband, Ike Turner Sr. However, that gig didn’t past for excessively long, arsenic his begetter wasn’t blessed astir it. Ike Jr. alleged his father, who battled a lifelong cause addiction and died of an overdose successful 2007, bushed him “in the caput with a nickel-plated .45 pistol” due to the fact that of his moving narration with his mother, who adopted him during her narration with Ike.
“Tina raised maine from the property of two. She’s the lone parent I’ve ever known,” helium told the Daily Mail successful 2018. “I haven’t talked to my parent since God knows erstwhile – astir apt astir 2000. I don’t deliberation immoderate of my brothers person talked to her successful a agelong clip either.” While Ike had six children astatine the clip of gathering Tina, she lone adopted 2 of them, with 1 being Ike Jr.
Ike Jr. followed successful his dad’s and adopted mom’s footsteps and has enjoyed a vocation successful the euphony industry. Most recently, helium and singer Sweet Randi Love played successful a tribute band, The Love Thang Band, and released the azygous “Yes to Life” past year.
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