Rapper Busta Rhymes, accused of attacking two men, driving drunk, and driving with a suspended licence, has rejected a plea deal and is facing four separate trials in a New York court.
 
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Larry Stephen on Tuesday denied the prosecution's motion to consolidate the two assault charges against Rhymes.
The hip-hop star is accused of beating a fan, and beating and kicking a former employee, last year.

"The two assault cases cannot be consolidated," said Rhymes' lawyer, Scott Leemon.

"The decision today validated Busta's defences to the assault cases."

The judge allowed the drunken driving and suspended licence cases to remain separate.

In the meantime, Rhymes again turned down Schweiloch's offer of a year in jail to cover all the cases.

Rhymes, 34, whose real name is Trevor Smith, was arrested in May for the fourth time in less than a year, that time on a drunken driving charge.

He allegedly admitted then that he had drunk a single shot of cognac about an hour earlier.

At that time, Rhymes had been scheduled to go to trial on the two assault charges.

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