A member of Nova Scotia’s best-known musical family faces assault charges following an incident in Cape Breton in March.

Molly Rankin, 22, is charged with assaulting a man and two police officers.

The incident is alleged to have happened in Sydney, N.S., on March 8.

The musician was in Cape Breton to perform at a Discovery Stage showcase during the East Coast Music awards, according to the Cape Breton Post.

Rankin grew up in Cape Breton but now lives in Charlottetown, P.E.I.

She is the daughter of one of the original Rankin family members, the late John Morris Rankin.

She is due in court in Sydney on June 21.