Charleston White Arrested On Battery Charge Ahead Of Florida Comedy Show

Charleston White traded comedy for a Broward County jail cell Saturday after Florida police arrested the outspoken internet personality on a misdemeanor battery charge.

White, 49, was taken into custody Sept. 12 by the Hollywood Police Department and booked into the Broward County Jail on one count of Touch or Strike/Battery, according to arrest records.

The circumstances surrounding the alleged encounter have not been disclosed at press time. Authorities have not identified another person involved or detailed what allegedly happened before White was arrested.

The charge is a misdemeanor and the case was listed as pending trial, according to jail information reviewed following his arrest. His bond was listed at $0 as he awaited judicial review. A judge is expected to determine whether a bond will be set.

The arrest lands at an inconvenient moment for White, whose provocative commentary has made him one of the internet’s more polarizing personalities. He has built an audience of more than 250,000 subscribers on YouTube while regularly weighing in on Hip-Hop, street culture, crime and celebrities.

White has also increasingly worked the comedy circuit, which makes the timing of his Florida arrest particularly notable.

He is scheduled to perform Wednesday night at Off the Hook Comedy Club in Naples, Florida. The show is scheduled for 7 p.m. It remains unclear whether the arrest or his custody status will interfere with the appearance.

The latest legal problem adds another chapter to White’s history of encounters with law enforcement.

In October 2024, White was arrested in Texas on an animal cruelty charge and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. His combined bond was reportedly set at $31,000. White denied an allegation that he pepper sprayed a cat.

He was arrested again in the Fort Worth area in February 2025 on two aggravated assault with a deadly weapon charges. White was initially held without bond before being released days later. He subsequently claimed those charges had been dropped.

White’s complicated relationship with the criminal justice system stretches back decades. As a teenager, he was convicted of murder for his role in a Foot Locker robbery in Arlington, Texas, during which a co-defendant fatally shot a man. White served time in the Texas Youth Commission before his release in 1998.

He later studied criminal justice at Texas Wesleyan University and founded Helping Young People Excel in 2012, an organization focused on steering young people away from gangs and criminal activity.

He did not respond to message requests for comment.