Tina Turner‘s son Ike Turner Jr. was arrested and charged with crack cocaine possession and tampering with proof.
In keeping with a report obtained by Us Weekly on Thursday, June 22, Ike Jr., 64, was pulled over by the police for an gear violation in Might. A subsequent investigation was led by the officers after they seized 1.7 grams of crack cocaine and .7 grams of methamphetamine.
In an announcement, the authorities claimed Ike Jr. tried to eat the narcotics. “The officer noticed Turner, Jr., trying to hide one thing in his mouth. Turner, Jr., in the end eliminated the merchandise, a small cellophane bag, and threw it right into a ditch. The cellophane bag was recovered and located to comprise cocaine, ” Captain Q.T. Arendell of the Alvin Police Division informed Us on Thursday.
Ike Turner Jr. Brazoria County Jail/SL/MEGA
The passenger within the automobile, Jessica Salinas-Esquivel, was additionally charged with possession of a managed substance, in accordance with the incident report from the Alvin Police Division. Ike Jr. has but to pay his $70,000 bail and was in the end sentenced to 18 days in jail — which got here days earlier than his mom died at age 83.
Ike Jr. is the organic son of Lorraine Taylor and Ike Turner. Tina, who was married to Ike from 1962 to 1978, adopted her then-husband’s sons Ike Jr. and Michael at a younger age. The Queen of Rock ‘n’ Roll additionally welcomed son Ronnie with Ike in 1960 earlier than they tied the knot. Ike went on to undertake Tina’s son Craig, whom she welcomed with ex Raymond Hill.
“She’s the one mom I’ve ever identified,” Ike Jr. informed The Day by day Mail in 2018. “However I haven’t talked to my mom since God is aware of when — most likely round 2000.”
Information broke in Might that the “Nutbush Metropolis Limits” songstress died at her dwelling in Switzerland from pure causes.
“It’s with nice unhappiness that we announce the passing of Tina Turner. Along with her music and her boundless ardour for all times, she enchanted hundreds of thousands of followers around the globe and impressed the celebs of tomorrow,” an announcement on her official Instagram account learn. “At the moment we are saying goodbye to an expensive buddy who leaves us all her biggest work: her music. All our heartfelt compassion goes out to her household. Tina, we’ll miss you dearly.”
Her spokesperson, Bernard Doherty, famous in a further assertion: “Along with her, the world loses a music legend and a job mannequin.”
Tina’s demise got here 15 years after Ike died of an overdose in 2007 at age 76. After her tumultuous relationship with Ike got here to an finish, the singer moved on with music govt Erwin Bach in 1986. The duo — who had been greater than 15 years aside in age — began relationship and finally tied the knot in July 2013.
