According to TMZ, the troubled California rapper was arrested in Las Vegas on Oct. 3 and charged with beating his girlfriend and choking her to the point she "could not speak or breathe."

The former G-Unit signee allegedly accused the victim of "playing him" and struck her in the face, head, legs and ribs. She claims he tried to choke her three times before he fell asleep, enabling her to get away and call for help.

Police nabbed 40 as he tried to flee his home, and examining the girlfriend, they found "significant bruising to her throat, consistent with strangulation injuries," TMZ reports. The abuse had reportedly gone on for more than a year, and the girlfriend said she feared for her life. At one point, she said, the ’Welcome to California’ rhymer handcuffed her and locked her in his trunk.