The “Pump It Up” rapper turn-podcaster Joe Budden charged after being caught naked in a hallway.
Joe Budden charged with allegedly standing naked in hallway
Joe Budden was charged with lewdness after he was allegedly caught standing around naked in the hallway of his apartment building visible on his neighbor’s Ring camera.
The Edgewater Police Department said Monday it received a call from one of Budden’s neighbors after they reviewed their Ring camera footage from Dec. 4 and saw images of a naked man in the apartment complex.
“The caller recognized the man as a neighbor, Joseph Budden Jr., a 44-year-old male,” Edgewater Police Chief Donald Martin said in a statement.
“The video depicted Budden attempting to enter a code into the door keypad several times before re-entering his residence across the hall,” the statement said.
The neighbor alleged that the naked Budden prompted their Ring camera alert to go off, which sent notifications that were also viewed by their two young daughters, TMZ reported.
Budden’s attorney, Nima Ameri, slammed the Edgewater Police Department for making the details of the arrest public.
“Police Chief Martin’s press release saddens Mr. Budden,” Ameri told TMZ. “Mr. Budden has been waiting weeks for his cross complaints to be processed which include substantially more serious charges including possible felony charges against the persons behind these charges against him.
“The Chief has sat on those but instead used his time to gain some free publicity. Chief Martin should seek publicity by doing notable policing not inflaming disorderly person allegations,” Ameri added.
The lawyer also suggested that Martin’s press release was “racially motivated,” claiming Budden’s case was the only time the department put out a press release on a disorderly person charge that had not resulted in an arrest.
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