50 Cent had a laugh at Lil Meech thanks to Power stars Gianni Paolo and Michael Rainey Jr. creating a spoof video making light of Meech’s airport gun arrest.
Rainey Jr. (Tariq) and Paolo (Brayden) trolled Lil Meech with a clip re-enacting how they pictured the arrest going while passing through an airport over the weekend.
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“Bro, chill, don’t search me,” Rainey Jr. joked to the TSA agent. “I’m a minor. He packed my backpack.”
“Oh shit ! @lilmeechbmf LOL @michaelraineyjr Just chose Violence,” 50 wrote while adding fuel to the friendly BMF and Power rivalry.
Lil Meech (real name Demetrius Flenory Jr.) was arrested at Fort Lauderdale Airport in Florida on December 13 after airport security discovered a firearm in his carry-on luggage.
50 had jokes at the time of Meech’s arrest as well when he used it to promote the upcoming season of BMF.
“What the fvck ! LIL Meech didn’t hear them say cut,” 50 captioned an Instagram post featuring Meech’s mugshot. “BMF returns Jan 6 Black mafia Fridays.”
“When trynna prove BMF is more realistic than Power goes wrong,” Power‘s Michael Rainey Jr. added.
However, it turns out that the 9MM handgun — and the bag in which it was found — belonged to Lil Meech’s bodyguard.
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The bodyguard admitted to owning the gun at the time of the arrest, however, authorities reportedly ignored him.
The BMF star’s attorney Bradford Cohen has since presented prosecutors with a purchase receipt, gun case and license to carry that all effectively prove the gun did not belong to his client.
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He also explained that the two men happen to own similar carry-on bags and that, on the date in question, Lil Meech accidentally grabbed his employee’s luggage thinking it was his.
Broward County prosecutors dropped the original felony charge and have also decided not to move forward with a potential misdemeanor charge against Lil Meech, based on the evidence presented and statements made by Cohen and the bodyguard.
