Rapper and podcaster Joe Budden has been charged with lewdness after a neighbor complained that Budden was seen naked in the hallway; they saw on their doorbell camera. The incident occurred on December 4 at Budden’s apartment complex in Edgewater, New Jersey.
The neighbors reportedly called the police and claimed that the rapper was roaming around naked and was standing outside their front door attempting to enter a code on the keypad around 7.21 am.Police tried to reach Budden but Budden returned to his apartment on Monday, police said.
A Newsweek report said that Budden actually spoke about the incident on his podcast two weeks ago.”I just sleptwalked somewhere I shouldn’t have sleptwalked. You know how I sleep: butta** nice naked. Good, naked sleepwalking. I just did it again,” Budden said.
“Nobody could go through this stuff but me. It’s only me. So you gotta deal with what comes with that. You would’ve never guessed it,” he added.
The police department press release said Budden was charged with lewdness but the defendant is presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.
“The Edgewater Police were dispatched to an apartment complex for the report from a resident that a man was standing outside of their apartment door completely naked. The caller recognized the man as a neighbor, JOSEPH BUDDEN JR, a 44 -year-old male. The caller was alerted to BUDDEN by their doorbell camera. The video depicted BUDDEN attempting to enter a code into the door keypad several times before reentering his own residence across the hall,” the police release said.
Budden is not new to legal cases. In 2012, he spent a night in jail over a $75 parking ticket causing him to miss a Slaughterhouse concert. In 2014, Budden turned himself in to police over allegations of assault and theft that also involved his girlfriend but later all charges were dismissed.
