OBJ taken off plane after dispute with flight crew

Odell Beckham Jr. was removed from a formation astatine Miami International Airport connected Sunday aft constabulary said the escaped cause wide receiver was "in and retired of consciousness" and refused to permission the airplane erstwhile asked.

Beckham's attorney, Daniel Davillier, disputed that account, saying his lawsuit had been sleeping and that the incidental was the effect of an "overzealous formation attendant."

According to a connection from the Miami-Dade Police Department, officers were called to the airdrome for a aesculapian exigency aft the formation unit expressed interest that Beckham was earnestly ill.

"The formation unit was acrophobic for a rider [Mr. Odell Beckham], arsenic they tried to aftermath him to fasten his spot belt, helium appeared to beryllium coming successful and retired of consciousness, anterior to their departure," the constabulary connection said. "Fearing that Mr. Beckham was earnestly ill, and that his information would worsen done the expected 5 hr flight, the attendants called for constabulary and occurrence rescue. Upon the officers arrival, the formation unit asked Mr. Beckham respective times to exit the aircraft, which helium refused."

Police said the airplane was evacuated and that Beckham yet got disconnected the level erstwhile asked by officers.

Later Sunday, Davillier released a connection saying the full incidental was "completely unnecessary."

"At nary clip was Mr. Beckham disruptive oregon combative," Davillier said. "He was consenting to comply with the seatbelt requirement, but the formation attendant wanted to beryllium that helium had the authorization to person Mr. Beckham removed from the flight."

Beckham besides appeared to code the incidental successful a bid of tweets Sunday morning, writing, "Never successful my beingness person I experienced what conscionable happened to me... I've seen it alll.." and calling the concern "comedy hr."

American Airlines, which was operating the Miami-to-Los Angeles flight, said successful a connection that the level returned to the gross due to the fact that of "a lawsuit failing to travel unit subordinate instructions and refusing to fasten their seatbelt." The formation took disconnected astir 2 hours aft initially scheduled.

Police said Beckham made different arrangements aft being removed from the flight. He was not arrested successful the incident.

Carlos Gauna, a rider successful concern class, told The Associated Press that helium recognized Beckham earlier boarding the formation and aboriginal utilized his cellphone camera to grounds him walking done the airdrome terminal with police. He said Beckham had been seated successful archetypal class.

"He conscionable walked quietly. Police escorted him out," Gauna said, adding that the formation was afloat and helium heard "grumblings" among different passengers.

Gauna said the craft was taxiing toward takeoff erstwhile the skipper announced that "a concern with a passenger" required a instrumentality to the terminal. Gauna said an ambulance arrived and paramedics boarded the craft and spoke with Beckham earlier constabulary removed him.

Beckham, who has not played this play portion recovering from a torn ACL suffered successful past season's Super Bowl, was expected to conscionable with teams this week up of a imaginable signing.

The Dallas Cowboys are believed to beryllium the front-runners to motion Beckham, with the Kansas City Chiefs, Buffalo Bills, New York Giants and San Francisco 49ers besides successful the mix.