Flavor Flav avoids a trial on criminal charges with sexual assault . The rapper was arrested after an incident at his Las Vegas home in October 2007 . Sentence includes domestic counseling with his girlfriend 's teen son . He began as a cast member of VH1 's `` Surreal Life '' in 2004 , which spawned `` Strange Love '' in 2005 and three seasons of `` Flavor of Love '' from 2006 to 2008 . He gained fame as Public Enemy 's hype man , but now makes reality TV shows .
Flavor Flav avoids a trial on criminal charges with sexual assault . The rapper was arrested after an incident at his Las Vegas home in October 2007 . Sentence includes domestic counseling with his girlfriend 's teen son . He gained fame as Public Enemy 's hype man , but now makes reality TV shows .