Carl Marlinga said Tuesday he will drop one of the two charges against the rapper if he pleads guilty to one of them at a pretrial hearing Dec. 8. Eminem is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon. Police say he struck a man seen kissing his wife June 4 outside a nightclub. Eminem filed for divorce in August. Dropping one of the charges will not lessen the amount of jail time Eminem faces if convicted, however.
State law allows up to five years in prison on the charge.
Eminem's attorney, Brian Legghio, said that no decision has been reached on whether to accept Marlinga's offer. Fla. Other dates and venues are to be revealed Monday. Not well hidden Rapper ODB, on the lam from police on both coasts, gleefully shocked fans when he turned up to perform with Wu-Tang Clan at Manhattan's Hammerstein Ballroom on Tuesday night. The cops is after me. L.A. wants him for fleeing rehab, and bench warrants have been issued in Brooklyn and Queens for drug raps.