T.I. announces he’s been arrested in Amsterdam after bicycle collision with police officer: ‘Free ME’
- The 40-year-old actor-rapper admitted he accidentally broke the rear view mirror off the officer’s handle bars
- T.I. (born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) was in good humor, relieved they had not searched him or put him in handcuffs
- The three-time Grammy winner had a large stack of cash in his pocket, but said they didn’t take cash for his bail bond
- Unstressed, T.I. was bailed out jail just 25 minutes later by his trainer
Three-time Grammy winner T.I. announced in a post captioned ‘Free ME’ on Tuesday that he’d been arrested in Amsterdam following a bicycle collision with police officer.
‘So I’m locked up now,’ the 40-year-old actor-rapper – who boasts 30.2M social media followers – said on Instagram.
‘The policeman ran into me and broke his rear view [mirror]. And because I didn’t have his passport. I don’t know. It [will] be fine. But he was extremely upset. I, myself, was having a great time, still, I’m still not upset. Having a phenomenal time.’
‘Free ME’: Three-time Grammy winner T.I. announced on Tuesday that he’d been arrested in Amsterdam following a bicycle collision with police officer
![The 40-year-old actor-rapper said: 'So I'm locked up now. The policeman ran into me and broke his rear view [mirror]. And because I didn't have his passport. I don't know. It [will] be fine'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/08/03/21/46248469-0-image-m-40_1628024270369.jpg)
The 40-year-old actor-rapper said: ‘So I’m locked up now. The policeman ran into me and broke his rear view [mirror]. And because I didn’t have his passport. I don’t know. It [will] be fine’
T.I. (born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) revealed they hadn’t put him in handcuffs or searched him yet and they’re ‘working on the buddy system out here.’
‘And you see, man, I can make my bond real quick but they don’t take cash,’ the Genius star – who’s done three prison stints – laughed.
‘I got cash in my pocket, but they don’t seem to take this so.’
T.I. (born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) continued: ‘But he was extremely upset. I, myself, was having a great time, still, I’m still not upset. Having a phenomenal time’
‘And I like it’: T.I. (born Clifford Joseph Harris Jr.) revealed they hadn’t put him in handcuffs or searched him yet and they’re ‘working on the buddy system out here’
The Genius star – who’s done three prison stints – laughed: ‘And you see, man, I can make my bond real quick but they don’t take cash. I got cash in my pocket, but they don’t seem to take this so…’
Shaking his head, T.I. continued: ‘Man, this is great man. You know what I’m saying? This is actually the experience in the culture as it is. This is living life to the fullest, you dig?’
Shaking his head, T.I. continued: ‘Man, this is great man. You know what I’m saying? This is actually the experience in the culture as it is. This is living life to the fullest, you dig?’
The Atlanta-born hip-hop star didn’t have to wait long as his trainer Emory Bernard bailed him out 25 minutes later and brought along their whole entourage.
‘They stayed tha whole 25mins and demanded that I be released,’ T.I. wrote.
Freedom! The Atlanta-born hip-hop star didn’t have to wait long as his trainer Emory Bernard (not pictured) bailed him out 25 minutes later and brought along their whole entourage
![T.I. wrote: 'They stayed tha whole 25mins and demanded that I be released. Poor Caroline [their Amsterdam host] was shooketh!!! I told her "I've done real time before...Cmon baby let's gtfoh before they change they minds"'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/08/03/22/46251039-9857955-image-a-62_1628026744107.jpg)
T.I. wrote: ‘They stayed tha whole 25mins and demanded that I be released. Poor Caroline [their Amsterdam host] was shooketh!!! I told her “I’ve done real time before…Cmon baby let’s gtfoh before they change they minds”‘
‘Poor Caroline [their Amsterdam host] was shooketh!!! I told her “I’ve done real time before…Cmon baby let’s gtfoh before they change they minds.”‘
Last Saturday, the Pardon rapper celebrated 11 years of marriage (and 20 years together) with his wife Tiny Harris in Italy, and they decided to continue the festivities in the Netherlands.
T.I. and the 46-year-old Grammy winner’s legal troubles aren’t over as they’re still under investigation by the LAPD for ‘drugging, kidnapping, and raping’ over 30 women and one man since 2005 – according to TMZ.
Went live after jail: Last Saturday, the Pardon rapper celebrated 11 years of marriage (and 20 years together) with his wife Tiny Harris (L, pictured Tuesday) in Italy, and they decided to continue the festivities in the Netherlands
Miles away from their problems? T.I. and the 46-year-old Grammy winner’s legal troubles aren’t over as they’re still under investigation by the LAPD for ‘drugging, kidnapping, and raping’ over 30 women and one man since 2005