Rick Ross followed through on the most quoted line of his post-release remarks this weekend, turning a viral pasta order into an actual meal in Paris. He shared the footage this weekend in a post that quickly circulated the clip of the Maybach Music Group founder seated in a red-velvet booth as a server lifted a silver cloche to reveal a bowl of pasta.
Rick Ross Eats Rigatoni in Paris, Like He Said
The moment traces back to October 1, when Ross, whose legal name is William Leonard Roberts II, walked out of Miami’s Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center after posting bond.
He had turned himself in that morning on a felony battery-by-strangulation charge and a misdemeanor battery charge stemming from an August 28 incident reported by his former girlfriend, model and content creator Jazzma Kendrick.
According to charging documents and contemporaneous reporting, she alleged he woke her enraged over an Instagram tag, slapped her, tightened a hoodie around her neck, and slammed her against a wall; she later posted photos she said showed a swollen lip.
Ross entered a not-guilty plea. Bail was set at $5,000 total, a stay-away order was imposed, and an arraignment was scheduled for October 22. His attorneys called the accusations fabricated and noted the police report came roughly a month after the alleged date.
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Outside the jail, Ross first demanded silence, then declared himself “totally innocent of these fabricated allegations.” He pivoted almost immediately to his itinerary: Dubai the next day, Paris on Saturday, and, on Sunday, “a bowl of rigatoni with heavy marinara.” He repeated the order for emphasis—“I repeat: Rigatoni, heavy marinara”—then declined further questions. The specificity turned the clip into a meme within hours.
The Paris video shows the payoff, or a version of it. Split-screen footage pairs Ross’s earlier statement with scenes from the restaurant: he sits in a pale yellow outfit and chains against diamond-patterned red upholstery while a server in a dark suit removes the cloche and portions of orange-sauced pasta penne in an Alfredo-style sauce rather than the promised rigatoni in heavy marinara).
A green bottle and water glasses sit on the table; Ross gestures as the plate is presented. Online commenters immediately debated the sauce—some calling it light on marinara, others identifying it as vodka sauce—while the broader reaction mixed jokes about “Rick Rigatoni” with criticism that the celebration landed poorly against the unresolved domestic-violence allegations.
Either way, Ross made good on his word, enjoying the meal even as critics saw it as being in bad taste.
The case itself remains pending. Ross has maintained his innocence, his legal team has asked the public not to prejudge the matter, and no trial date has been set beyond the October 22 arraignment. The Paris footage, whatever the exact noodle and sauce, simply confirmed that the line he chose to leave reporters with was one he intended to keep.
