Busta Rhymes rejected a plea deal in court on Tuesday (July 10) and will now face four separate trials, stemming from several different charges.According to the Associated Press, Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Larry Stephen denied the prosecution’s motion to merge the two assault charges against the rapper — one for allegedly assaulting a fan, the other for assaulting an employee around Christmas time of last year.Baller Status

Last August, Busta (real name: Trevor Smith) was charged with assault when he allegedly assaulted a fan for spitting on his car (see “Busta Rhymes Arrested; Charged With Assault”), following a performance at the Heineken AmsterJam Festival.

In December 2006, he was accused of attacking one of his employees in New York, a day after Christmas, when he confronted the rapper to collect money he was owed (see “Busta Rhymes Allegedly Attacks Employee”).

The AP reports that Assistant District Attorney Harrison Schweiloch did not move to have Busta’s drunken driving and suspended license cases consolidated, so the judge also allowed them to remain separate.

The rapper again turned down Schweiloch’s offer of a year in jail to cover all the cases, the same deal he was offered in his last outing in court (see “Busta Rhymes Rejects Plea Deal That Would Have Sent Him To Jail For A Year”). “It’s the same offer” that the prosecutor made at the last court appearance, Busta’s attorney Scott Leemon said, “and it’s one which Busta adamantly rejects.”

Busta was arrested in May for the fourth time in less than a year. This time it was for a drunken driving charge (see “Busta Rhymes Arrested On DWI Charge”, in which he had allegedly admitted — during the time of the arrest — that he had drunken a single shot of cognac an hour earlier.

Before the DWI arrest, the rapper was arrested in February 2007 for driving with a suspended license after police stopped him for running a red light (see “Busta Rhymes Arrested For Driving With Suspended License”).

He will now face each charge separately. Judge Stephen adjourned the cases until September 5, where he is likely to set a hearing and trial schedule.

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