Mingus Lucien Reedus reportedly made a troubling threat as he emerged on Sunday following his arrest for assault.
The New York Post reports that Mingus, 25, uttered to them as he stepped out in New York: ‘You want to watch me kill myself?’
The disturbing words come just a day after the son of Norman Reedus and Helena Christensen was arrested for allegedly assaulting a 33-year-old woman.
The nepo baby reportedly struck a woman in the leg, choked her, and slammed her into the ground, according to the New York Post.
TMZ has since reported that woman is seeking a court-ordered protection against Mingus.
The outlet reviewed a complaint that states the anonymous woman detailed to police that Mingus used ‘both of his hands to apply pressure to her neck by forcefully squeezing it.’
Mingus Lucien Reedus reportedly made a troubling threat as he emerged on Sunday following his arrest for assault; pictured in February 2024
Exes Norman and Helena welcomed their son in October 1999; pictured in 2002
According to prosecutors he also hit her right leg using a closed fist before throwing her to the ground with both hands, resulting in bruising, redness and ‘substantial’ pain.
Per police, it was Mingus who made a 911 call around 8:40am on Saturday to report a woman in an apartment on West 16th Street who was allegedly taking pills and threatening to kill herself.
When officers arrived on the scene, the woman accused Mingus of assaulting her.
Police arrested him and the woman was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where she was determined to be in stable condition.
Photos obtained by the Post showed the model being led out of the building by police and placed into a cruiser.
Hours later her left the 10th precinct with a grin on his face before officers escorted him into a waiting police vehicle.
As he briefly stepped out in public, a reporter asked why Mingus called the police, to which he replied, ‘I didn’t.’
And when asked by the reporter to ‘tell us what really happened,’ he reportedly smiled and laughed before responding, ‘No.’
Per the Post’s account, Mingus said the altercation was ‘a misunderstanding’ before police shut him inside the car.
A woman who claimed to be his girlfriend also described the incident as a ‘misunderstanding.’
It’s unclear if the woman claiming to be Mingus’ girlfriend was also the woman he allegedly assaulted.
The family-of-three pictured in New York City in 2002
Norman and Mingus pictured in September 2022
Mingus has followed in his mother’s footsteps, becoming a fashion model; pictured in February
In total, Mingus has been hit with five charges.
He has been charged with third-degree assault with the intent to cause physical injury, criminal obstruction of breathing, harassment in the second degree, a reckless third-degree assault, and aggravated harassment in the second degree, according to Entertainment Weekly. Mingus pleaded not guilty to all of the charges on Saturday.
This is not Norman and Helena’s son’s first run-in with the law.
In March 2022 he accepted a plea deal after allegedly punching a woman at the San Gennaro Festival in Little Italy in 2021.
That year he was sentenced to five private counseling sessions for punching a woman in the face — after pleading guilty to a downgraded charge of disorderly conduct.
He originally faced a misdemeanor assault charge but his attorney Isabelle Kirschner told DailyMail.com that she negotiated with the District Attorney to downgrade the charge to disorderly conduct, which is only a violation in New York City.
Mingus has followed in his mother’s footsteps, becoming a fashion model.
He was featured on the cover of the Vogue Hommes Paris’ fall-winter 2021-2022 issue alongside Parker Van Noord.
Norman and Helena began dating in 1998 before welcoming their son the following year. The high-profile couple split in 2003, and the Walking Dead actor went on to begin a relationship with Diane Kruger.
Norman and Diane welcomed a daughter in 2018. Mingus is Helena’s only child.
