Mariah the Scientist is arrested in Atlanta for allegedly ripping a woman’s WIG off at a bar and assaulting her
- Cleopatra Dues claims the singer attacked her without warning
- She reported the incident to police on March 29, the day after the alleged attack
- Mariah the Scientist, 26, was charged with battery on Wednesday and released
Singer Mariah the Scientist was arrested in Atlanta in connection with an altercation at a local bar.
The 26-year-old musician was booked Wednesday night after a woman claimed she assaulted her without explanation, according to a Fulton County police report obtained by TMZ.
The singer was fined for battery, but paid her bail and was released the same day.
On March 29, a woman named Cleopatra Dues visited the Zone 2 district of Atlanta and claimed that she had been attacked by Mariah the Scientist (real name: Mariah Buckles) the night before.
According to Dues, she had been at the Cavo Kitchen and Cocktail bar and restaurant in Atlanta when Mariah the Scientist allegedly grabbed her and pulled her wig off her head without any explanation.
Singer Mariah the Scientist was arrested and charged Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a woman at Cavo Kitchen and Cocktail in Atlanta on March 28; seen in LA on March 16
She claims the singer then dragged her over the table and onto the floor.
The shocking attack is said to have left Dues with injuries to the lower part of her body.
Dues says she left the bar, though it’s unclear how long she stayed there.
Once outside the area, she called 911 to report the attack.
The attack was captured on video by a bystander in the bar and obtained by the publication, but the dim lighting and grainy video quality make it difficult to determine if the attacker is indeed Mariah the Scientist.
The woman who appears to be the aggressor is wearing a white hoodie in the video.
According to the police report, Dues plans to press charges against her attacker.
She is also looking for security camera footage the bar may have from March 28 that could clarify the identity of the attacker.
However, it is unclear how valid an identification of Dues would be, as she admitted she was not wearing her glasses at the time of the incident and said she did not have a clear view of the woman who attacked her.
Nevertheless, she later identified Mariah the Scientist as her alleged attacker.
According to Dues, she had no interaction with the singer or anyone who was supposedly with her that night, and she claims she has no idea what led to the brawl.
A woman named Cleopatra Dues told police on March 29 that Mariah the Scientist had ripped off her wig the night before and dragged her across a table and onto the floor; seen in February in London
She claims she has no idea what led to the alleged altercation, and she said she had had no contact with the singer or her friends earlier in the evening; seen on March 16 in LA
Video shows the attack, but it is too grainy to confirm whether Mariah the Scientist was involved. She posted her bail and was released later on Wednesday; seen on March 16 in LA
The video of the attack appears to have spread on social media before news of Dues’ police report, and Staten Island rapper Cleotrapa was initially identified as the victim.
However, it appears that she was misidentified simply because her stage name was similar to Dues’ first name.
“LMFAOOOOOO y’all really don’t know my resume,” Cleotrapa wrote on X (formerly Twitter) the night of the altercation, before Dues had even gone to the police station.
‘I will never stand in front of the camera and fight anyone! Just register that. I’ve worked with so many brands, stop playing with my name fr.’