Who is Ayeisha Bowdry? Biloxi rapper has ripped judge, prosecutor, media online
A Mississippi Coast judge revoked a Biloxi rapper’s probation and handed down a new prison sentence after investigators found she failed to register her social media accounts as required for sex offenders. The case against Ayeisha Bowdry, 29, escalated after a Sun Herald article about her TikTok videos led to the new investigation.
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Here are key takeaways:
• The most recent charge: Bowdry pleaded guilty to a second felony count of failing to register as a sex offender after investigators found she had not disclosed her TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube accounts, as required under Mississippi law.
• How the investigation started: Harrison County Deputy Priscilla Thompson testified that deputies began investigating after reading a Jan. 12 Sun Herald article reporting that Bowdry had posted a rap video criticizing the judge, prosecutor and media.
• Prior convictions: Bowdry was previously convicted of human trafficking in Forrest County and failure to register as a sex offender in Harrison County.
• The sentence: Judge Lisa Dodson revoked Bowdry’s five-year probation and sentenced her to a new five-year suspended prison term with three years to serve on reporting probation, to run consecutively to her previous conviction.
• Prison time: Bowdry is serving five years in prison from the probation revocation, which included a violation for failure to pay over $2,000 in fines. The judge also imposed a new $2,000 fine.
• Bowdry’s response: When entering her guilty plea, Bowdry said she did not know she was required to include her social media accounts but acknowledged she should have known.
The summary points above were compiled with the help of AI tools and edited by journalists. The full story in the link at top was reported, written and edited entirely by journalists.
