The Weeknd Arrested for Punching a Cop: See His Mug Shot
Meltzer added, "They tried to separate up the fight. They took one man (Abel Tesfaye) into the elevator and he punched the officer at the side of his head with a closed fist. He was arrested for battery of a protected person and taken to Clark County Detention. He is not there anymore so he must of bailed out."
In the mug shot from his arrest, The Weeknd appears calm and cooperative while sporting his signature crazy hairdo.
The Weeknd didn't explicitly comment on the incident via Twitter, but he did write on Saturday, the day of his arrest, "escape from las vegas."
—Reporting by Ruth O'Neill
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