Editing Juvenile (rapper) (section)

===Legal issues===
In the summer of 2002, Juvenile was arrested for assaulting his barber over charges that the barber was [[bootleg recording|bootlegging]] his music.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rapper Juvenile Booked in Bootleg Dispute|url=http://www.wsbtv.com/entertainment/1672388/detail.html|publisher=[[WSB-TV]]|date=September 17, 2002|access-date=February 6, 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028011020/http://www.wsbtv.com/entertainment/1672388/detail.html|archive-date=October 28, 2009}}</ref>

In January 2003, Juvenile was arrested in New Orleans on drug charges.<ref>{{cite news|last=Vineyard|first=Jennifer|title=Juvenile Arrested for Cocaine, Marijuana Possession|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1459760/20030130/juvenile.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040224093313/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1459760/20030130/juvenile.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 24, 2004|work=MTV News|date=January 30, 2003|access-date=February 14, 2008}}</ref> The next month, he was sentenced to 75 hours of community service for a fight outside a nightclub in Miami, Florida in 2001.<ref>{{cite news|title=For The Record: Quick News On Juvenile, System Of A Down, Diplomats, Common And Erykah Badu, Bob Dylan & More|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1470127/20030224/juvenile.jhtml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030711210613/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1470127/20030224/juvenile.jhtml|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 11, 2003|work=MTV News|date=February 24, 2003|access-date=February 14, 2008}}</ref>

Juvenile was involved in a legal dispute over failure to pay child support for his daughter Jelani with Joy Deleston, a deputy sheriff in [[Gwinnett County, Georgia|Gwinnett County]], Georgia. A [[Paternity (law)|paternity lawsuit]] was issued by Deleston in 2004, resulting in a DNA test and both parties agreeing that Juvenile was Jelani's father. His attorney stated that the case was resolved peacefully by consent order in 2006.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rapper Juvenile's daughter among triple murder victims|url=http://ksfamilylaw.com/other/030208-juvenile-ajc2.htm|work=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution|date=March 2, 2008|access-date=April 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402162955/http://ksfamilylaw.com/other/030208-juvenile-ajc2.htm|archive-date=April 2, 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

On February 25, 2010, Juvenile was arrested in [[Arabi, Louisiana]]. While Juvenile was recording music at a house there, a neighbor called police to report smelling marijuana. He was cited on a misdemeanor charge of marijuana possession and later released on bond.<ref>{{cite web|title=Rapper Juvenile Arrested On Marijuana Charges|url=http://www.wdsu.com/r/22676835/detail.html|publisher=WDSU|access-date=February 27, 2011|date=February 25, 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308221127/http://www.wdsu.com/r/22676835/detail.html|archive-date=March 8, 2012}}</ref> He pleaded guilty in August 2010 and received a [[suspended sentence|suspended]] three-month jail sentence and six months of probation and paid a $250 fine and court costs.<ref name="2011 arrest">{{cite news|title=Rapper Juvenile posts bond after drug arrest|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/entertainment/2014351389_apuspeoplejuvenilearrested.html|work=The Seattle Times|agency=Associated Press|access-date=February 27, 2011|date=February 27, 2011}}</ref>

In 2017, Juvenile was arrested for failing to pay $170,000 in child support.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Rapper Juvenile jailed in New Orleans for failing to pay whopping child support debt|url=https://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/rapper-juvenile-jailed-failing-pay-150g-child-support-article-1.3255244|last=Bitette|first=Nicole|website=Nydailynews.com|date=June 17, 2017 |access-date=April 30, 2020}}</ref>