Vanilla Ice: Arrested, Arrested, Baby

Fri, 11 April 2008

Rapper and recent reality TV star Vanilla Ice (real name: Robert Matthew Van Winkle) was arrested on Thursday night for allegedly hitting and kicking his wife.

“He started yelling at me for going out to buy a bedroom set. In front of my daughter,” Winkle’s wife, Laura, told a deputy. “I’m sorry I can’t say any more until I talk to an attorney.”

According to the Palm Beach Post, Winkle, 40, was charged with simple domestic battery and is being held at Palm Beach County Jail.

The Van Winkles has two daughters, Dusti Rain, 10, and KeeLee Breeze, 8.