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Eminem Waives Preliminary Hearing
ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) _ Even when trading in the concert stage for a courtroom, rap starEminem showed July 7 that he knows how to command the spotlight.
The Michigan native showed up at the 44th District Court to waive a preliminary hearing on charges that he illegally possessed and brandished a concealed weapon outside a stereo shop.
His brief appearance was enough to satisfy dozens of fans who turned out.
“He seemed like he was a nice guy,” said Jennifer Juarez, 16, who got to the courthouse at 4 a.m. for the 9 a.m. hearing.
Eminem, whose real name is Marshall Bruce Mathers III, is accused of displaying asemiautomatic pistol June 3 during an argument with a fellow rapper. Hours later, MacombCounty prosecutors say, he allegedly assaulted a man in a nightclub lot after seeing the man kisshis wife, Kimberly.