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What in the pump it up is going on? Joe Budden is being charged after getting caught in 4K (literally) on a neighbor’s Ring camera butt naked outside. Court docs obtained by TMZ show Budden was charged with lewdness on December 4 in Edgewater, NJ. On December 30th, the Edgewater Police Department was called about a man completely naked outside their home. The caller says there’s footage of the podcaster trying to punch in a code on someone’s door a few times before going back to his own apartment in the building. The court papers say the resident and her two kids saw the whole thing on their phone.
Joe Budden said he got kicked out of his apartment for recording his podcast there. He’s also talked on his podcast about being a sleepwalker. Nima Ameri (Joe’s attorney), made a statement on his behalf, “Mr. Budden is saddened by Police Chief Martin’s press release. Mr. Budden has been waiting weeks for his cross complaints to be processed which include substantially more serious charges include possible felony charges against the persons behind these charges against him. The Chief has in our opinion sat on those but instead used his time to gain some free publicity for himself. Chief Martin should seek publicity by doing notable policing not inflaming disorderly person allegations.”
More news to come as the story develops.