Odell Beckham Jr: Wide receiver removed from plane before take-off at Miami Airport

Odell Beckham Jr has not played since suffering a genu wounded playing for the Los Angeles Rams successful their Super Bowl triumph implicit Cincinnati Bengals successful February

Super Bowl-winning wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr was removed from a level by constabulary earlier take-off astatine Miami Airport pursuing concerns implicit his health.

Beckham Jr, 30, had been told to enactment connected his seatbelt earlier departure and "appeared to beryllium coming successful and retired of consciousness", constabulary added.

The ex-Los Angeles Rams subordinate aboriginal near the formation "without incident".

The American Airlines formation to Los Angeles had to instrumentality to the gross connected Sunday and passengers disembarked earlier Beckham Jr near the level with constabulary officers.

He was "escorted to the non-secure country of the terminal by the officers wherever helium made different arrangements," constabulary said.

Beckham Jr's lawyer Daniel Davillier said the incidental was "unnecessary" and blamed it connected an "overzealous formation attendant"adding that astatine "no clip was Mr Beckham disruptive oregon combative".

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"The formation was delayed aft boarding and anterior to instrumentality off," Davillier wrote successful a connection connected Twitter.

"Mr Beckham fell dormant with his broad implicit his head, which is his mean signifier for agelong flights.

"He was awaken and told that the level was backmost astatine the gross and that helium needed to get disconnected the level due to the fact that helium did not enactment his seatbelt connected erstwhile asked."

Davilliar said Beckham Jr, who is presently without a squad and has not played since injuring his genu playing for the Rams successful their Super Bowl triumph successful February, agreed to enactment his seatbelt connected aft being woken but was told it was excessively late.

"The overzealous formation attendant insisted connected removing everyone from the level alternatively of simply allowing Mr Beckham to fasten his seatbelt and proceed with the flight," added Davilliar.

"At nary clip was Mr Beckham disruptive oregon combative. 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."

A connection from American Airlines said a rider was removed from a formation to Los Angeles "due to a lawsuit failing to travel unit subordinate instructions and refusing to fasten their seatbelt".

Miami-Dade constabulary added that, aft struggling to aftermath Beckham Jr, formation unit became acrophobic astir his health.

"Fearing that Mr Beckham was earnestly ill, and that his information would worsen done the expected five-hour flight, the attendants called for constabulary and occurrence rescue," the constabulary said.

Once Beckham Jr departed, the remaining passengers re-boarded and the formation continued connected to Los Angeles.

Beckham Jr tweeted "comedy hr" with a laughing emoji connected Sunday morning, adding connected Twitter: "Never successful my beingness person I experienced what conscionable happened to me… I've seen it alll (sic).."

Beckham Jr has 531 vocation catches and 56 touchdowns successful 96 games for the New York Giants, the Cleveland Browns and the Rams.

Several teams person expressed involvement successful his services, arsenic helium continues his betterment from a torn anterior cruciate ligament, including the Dallas Cowboys and the Giants.