*Joe Budden recently discussed how he was cleared of a lewdness charge stemming from an incident in which he was caught on video sleepwalking nude and attempting to enter a neighbor’s apartment.
On a recent episode of The Joe Budden Podcast, he shared details about his prolonged issues with the neighbors, whom he described as “racist.” The December 4 incident, captured on surveillance footage, showed him trying to enter the neighbor’s apartment before returning to his own. Budden’s attorney previosuly addressed his sleepwalking issues but noted this was the first time it led to a court case.
“These people decided to misuse some of the systems that are in place for real victims,” Budden said on the podcast. “They went to the police to file a report to say that Joe Budden was outside of their door masturbating and they don’t know if I was there with the intention to ‘r-word’ her and her family. So, what seemed like a simple sleepwalking medical condition turned into something much bigger.”
Budden explained that he’s been absent from his podcast for a month due to the civil lawsuit related to the incident.
Budden recounted that on the first day of the trial, his neighbor took the stand and began crying “white girl tears.” The lawsuit accused him of stalking and lewdness, though he clarified that lewdness requires the intent to be naked for “sexual gratification.”
“She lied on that paperwork to say he was masturbating on my door, as if I can’t find a million better places to masturbate than that,” Budden said. “My lawyer asked her if she thought that I was fully erected in the video. She said, ‘Yes.’ … So that was a big point of contention during this civil trial. He touched his penis in this video, so was he masturbating? She says, ‘Yes.'”
His girlfriend even testified that he was not fully erect in the clip.
“I’m a grower, not a show-er,” said Budden.
“Mr. Budden was not erect. He was not masturbating,” he said the judge explained when clearing him of the charges. “The one time that he touched his penis, he appeared to be trying to cover himself. Mr. Budden was not trying to forcibly enter. … “
Budden said the judge was “fair, reasonable, heard all the testimony, was attentive, wasn’t on no bullshit.”
Listen to his full remarks starting around 16:30 in the clip above.
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