Flavor Flav from Public Enemy arrested over assault

Along with Chuck D, Flavor Flav is one of the main members of Public Enemy

Hip-hop star Flavor Flav has been arrested for assaulting his fiancee and threatening to kill her teenage son.

A report by the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said the rapper threw his girlfriend of eight years to the floor twice while armed with two knives.

It's then thought the star chased her 17-year-old son.

The star denied threatening the teenager, who was not hurt.

It is not known whether 39-year-old Elizabeth Trujillo needed medical treatment.

Flavor Flav, whose real name is William Jonathan Drayton, was arrested on Wednesday (17 October) on assault and domestic violence charges.

The rapper is being held on $23,000 (£14,231) bail at the Clark County jail while waiting for an initial court appearance.

He was an original member of Public Enemy, who had chart success in the 1980s and 90s.

The rap group are also nominees to be included in this year's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Flavor Flav has also appeared in VH1 reality TV shows The Surreal Life, Strange Love and Flavor of Love.

The 53-year-old has a criminal history that includes a month in jail for assaulting his then girlfriend in 1991.

He also spent three months in prison for shooting at a neighbour in New York in 1993.