Joe Budden Arrested for Attempting to Enter Neighbor's Apartment Butt-Naked
Joe Budden has reportedly been arrested and charged with lewdness for an incident on December 4, 2024.
A screenshot of the 44-year-old's arrest record went viral on X on Sunday, December 29.
"Breaking News: @JoeBudden has a court date on Jan 16th for disorderly lewdness, a charge related to sexual misconduct or indecency in public," the caption of the post read. "He previously claimed the JBP had to relocate for recording in a residential building, but there seems to be more to the story. Stay tuned."
Lewdness is the state of being obscene or indecent, or the act of behaving in a vulgar or offensive sexual manner.
Breaking News: @JoeBudden has a court date on Jan 16th for disorderly lewdness, a charge related to sexual misconduct or indecency in public. He previously claimed the JBP had to relocate for recording in a residential building, but there seems to be more to the story. Stay tuned pic.twitter.com/jsvcOcDcrS
— 🦉 (@theeoctoberfirm) December 29, 2024
The Edgewater Police Department issued a press release providing details of the December 4th event on December 30. Per the statement, authorities were called to an Edgewater apartment complex after a resident reported the unusual incident.
The 911 caller was alerted by their doorbell camera when she reportedly saw Budden, real name Joseph Anthony Budden II, standing completely butt-naked outside their apartment door. The video allegedly shows the "Pump It Up" rapper attempting to enter a code into the resident's door keypad, multiple times, before returning to his own place across the hall.
The East Harlem native, who has mentioned on his podcast that he is a sleepwalker, is scheduled to appear in court on January 16, 2025.
