Prosecutors have downsized their accusations against Rashidah Ali.
The “Love and Hip Hop” star came to Manhattan Criminal Court yesterday holding a fur purse — and was told the DA has dropped felony grand larceny charges stemming from an unpaid, $10,000 bar and room tab from a party at the Ritz Carlton hotel in 2010.
She’s still on the hook for the unpaid bill, and must now fight misdemeanor charges of theft of services.
“It’s my hope and expectation that ultimately the entire case will be dismissed,” Ali’s lawyer, Daniel Gotlin, said after court. Ali had also been charged with felony assault on accusations she slashed a bouncer’s face in early 2011 at SoHo nightspot Greenhouse. Those charges were dropped, but a $521,000 default judgement was entered against her after she failed to make any appearances in the bouncer’s $10 million lawsuit against her, according to court records.