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2024 simply couldn’t finish with out one final “WTF” information story, that credit score going to none aside from rapper-turned-podcast-personality Joe Budden.
The Joe Budden Podcast Community chief gave new which means to being caught together with your pants down after he was, properly, caught together with his pants utterly off in a nude criticism recorded on a neighbor’s Ring Digicam earlier this month in New Jersey.
The Edgewater Police Division lately went reside with an in depth press launch (seen beneath), which in accordance with Police Chief Donald Martin, “The caller acknowledged the person as a neighbor, Joseph Budden Jr., a 44-year-old male,” additionally stating, “The video depicted Budden making an attempt to enter a code into the door keypad a number of occasions earlier than re-entering his personal residence throughout the corridor.”
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TMZ was additionally capable of receive a response from Joe’s legal professional, Nima Ameri, who states, “Mr. Budden is saddened by Police Chief Martin’s press launch. Mr. Budden has been ready weeks for his cross complaints to be processed which embody considerably extra severe costs embody potential felony costs in opposition to the individuals behind these costs in opposition to him. The Chief has in our opinion sat on these however as a substitute used his time to realize some free publicity for himself. Chief Martin ought to search publicity by doing notable policing not inflaming disorderly particular person allegations.”
She went on to explain the allegations as a “minor cost,” whereas additionally doubling all the way down to name Chief Martin’s feedback “reckless” and even racially motivated. “His option to single out Mr. Budden in our opinion is self motivated and primarily based off of Mr. Budden’s race and movie star standing,” says Ameri in preparation for her shopper’s court docket date subsequent month.
This all got here full circle with the newest episodes of JBP. Many observed that Joe was lacking for a number of reveals, solely to return in episodes 785 and 786 broadcasting from their outdated filming location. Upon his return, he gave a quick clarification to the co-hosts for his absence by jokingly stating, “I simply sleptwalked someplace I shouldn’t have sleptwalked [sic].” He additionally says the transfer wasn’t influenced by the incident, though the studio was actually positioned on the residence in query. In keeping with Joe, the city bylaws merely allow him from filming within the constructing.
Right here’s a clip from a number of years in the past of Joe Budden making mild of his sleepwalking habits. Won’t be a lot a laughing matter anymore: