Trans influencer Nikita Dragun was arrested on Monday night after throwing a water bottle at a cop.
And now, she is reportedly being held in a men’s prison.
According to TMZ cops say she was walking around the pool in the nude before dousing officers and security guards with water.
The police report, obtained by TMZ, said cops responded to a report of someone causing a disturbance and being extremely disorderly at the hotel. Police say when they got there, hotel security told officers Nikita had been causing a disturbance for a long period of time and walking around the pool area naked.
Cops say security also told them Nikita ignored demands to stop causing the disturbance and at one point intentionally threw water on hotel staffers.
Once officers arrived on scene, they say they went with security up to Nikita’s room, where they heard loud music being played.
Police say Nikita opened the door after several knocks, but when security explained to Nikita she needed to cut it out or she’d be asked to leave the hotel, Nikita slammed the door in their faces.
A few moments later, cops say Nikita opened the door again and asked security, “Do you want more?” Officers say Nikita then swung an open water bottle, causing water to hit and spill on both the security guard and the officer, resulting in her arrest.
Nikita was booked for felony battery on a police officer, misdemeanor disorderly conduct and misdemeanor battery. She was booked at Miami-Dade County’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center on $5,000 bond.
When Nikita appeared in Court she asked the judge if she can be moved from the men’s unit.
According to Out magazine, she said:
“Your honor, may I ask one question: Do I have to stay here in the men’s unit still?” Dragun, who appears on the verge of tears and a breakdown, is seen asking in a recorded Zoom call with a judge.
“Yeah, I don’t make the rules up there,” the judge replied. “But a possible accommodation for you is a separate area.”
just seen that Nikita Dragun is being kept in a mans prison, this is so fucking inhumane and the fact the news isn’t covering it is just even worse.
I’m not a fan of Nikita but this is a violation of human rights and her safety, they’ve even misgendered in her in the report. pic.twitter.com/qJo2SmJFhX
— Samantha (@itssamanthaaaa_) November 9, 2022
Twitter has mixed reactions to the whole thing:
So nikita dragun has been put in a men's jail and I think it is an important to remind folks that this kind of treatment is tantamount to sentencing a trans woman to be serially raped. Its a blatant violation of her 4th amendment protections against cruel and unusual punishment
— Katherine la Pavona, the Femme in Yellow (@binaryAegis) November 9, 2022
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I’m not a fan of Nikita Dragun nor am I defending her actions in any shape or form but when she was put into jail and forced to stay in a men’s unit, that’s heartbreaking and dangerous. Trans Women are Women.
— little miss gaslight gatekeep girlboss (@aangeloplaza) November 9, 2022
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you really don’t need to state how much you don’t like Nikita Dragun before sympathizing with her for being placed in a men’s prison
— hi im rue! (they/them) (@clitereIIa) November 9, 2022
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Nikita Dragun experiencing transphobia isn’t karma at all. Violence against trans people isn’t a form of karma. & Some of y’all need to think about what y’all are saying to y’all’s trans mutuals..
— Bella Goth ? (@LilSexyCommie) November 9, 2022
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I don’t care about Nikita Dragun being put in a man’s unit because
1. He is a man
2. He is an anti-black man.
3. I don’t want men in the same cell as a woman.— Mani ? (@plsbenicemo) November 9, 2022
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The whole “I don’t like Nikita dragun but… she doesn’t deserve this”
Can y’all knock that off. She doesn’t deserve this period. The end. No further conversation. No qualifications. She deserves basic human rights. ??
— Paigey✨ (@PaigeChristieUK) November 9, 2022
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I know Nikita Dragun is problematic but her being held in a men’s prison is not only harmful to her own safety, but to any trans individuals who are incarcerated. It is extremely important that their gender identity is respected. Especially somewhere so much abuse is overlooked
— indigo (@zegapwe) November 9, 2022
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