The rapper Desiigner was charged Monday with one federal count of indecent exposure on an airplane after authorities say he exposed himself and performed a lewd act on a flight from Tokyo to Minneapolis.
According to ABC News, the charges came just days after the rapper, whose real name is Sidney Royel Selby, announced in a tweet that he was “ashamed” about what happened on the plane and that he was admitting himself to a facility to get help.
“Mental health is real guys,” he wrote.
According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Minnesota, Selby was flying first class on a Delta flight on April 17 when he exposed himself multiple times and allegedly performed a lewd act, as well.
He was told by flight personnel to stop, but he did not, the criminal complaint read. The lead flight attendant then came to Selby’s seat and said that he was going to be arrested if he did not stop. But a short time later, a flight attendant spotted Selby exposing himself a third time.
Eventually, he was moved from first class to the back of the plane so friends could watch him, according to ABC News.
He issued an apology Monday, saying he had been given medication while in Japan and had had a bad reaction to it. He told his security guard that he was “bugging,” had “messed up” and was “sorry,” the complaint said.
— Desiigner (@LifeOfDesiigner) April 21, 2023
However, according to the complaint, when he was questioned by FBI agents after he left the plane in Minnesota, he said he had not taken that medication before exposing himself. Asked whether he was under the influence, Selby said, “No.”
Selby had a mega-hit in 2015 called “Panda.” The song went five times platinum in the U.S. and made Shelby $10 million worldwide, he said in an interview in 2017.
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