Joe Budden Charged with Lewdness, Neighbor Says He Stood Naked in Apartment Hall [Video]

Joe Budden has been charged with lewdness after an incident in his apartment building.

The rapper and media personality, 44, was charged Dec. 4 after a neighbor allegedly saw him standing “completely naked” in the hallway of their New Jersey apartment building and caught the moment on a doorbell camera, according to a press release issued by the Edgewater Police Department on Monday, Dec. 30.

Officials arrived on the scene after they were informed of the alleged incident around 7:21 a.m., when Budden’s neighbor called in the report. According to the resident, the Joe Budden Podcast host was seen “attempting to enter a code into the door keypad several times before reentering his own residence across the hall.”

The “Pump It Up” emcee was then charged with lewdness “on a complaint summons.” In the press release, Edgewater Police Department Chief Donald A. Martin asserts “these charges are merely accusations,” adding that Budden “is …