Hours after Odell Beckham Jr. had to be escorted off an American Airlines flight in Miami following an incident involving the flight crew, a member of the free-agent wide receiver’s legal team has issued a statement addressing Sunday’s situation.
According to the Miami-Dade Police Department, Beckham was removed from the plane without incident after the flight crew grew concerned for the 30-year-old when he didn’t comply with a request to fasten his seatbelt while appearing to “be coming in and out of consciousness” prior to takeoff. American Airlines later released a statement saying that Beckham was asked to leave the flight headed for Los Angeles for “failing to follow crew members instructions and refusing to fasten [his] seatbelt.