http://deadspin.com/geno-smith-allegedly-escorted-off-plane-by-lax-cops-1503821554 Jets quarterback Geno Smith was apparently escorted off a Virgin America flight at LAX today by police after what a witness called a "verbal altercation." The photo you see above was sent to us by a reader who witnessed the incident and says the shot came "moments before" Smith was escorted out of the airport by cops. Our tipster wasn't the only person who saw it: We're working on getting more details, but it looks like Geno's weekend isn't off to a great start. Update (7:11 p.m.): Our tipster fills in some details: We were waiting for our flight at LAX to Vegas and were put on standby on Virgin American just like Geno. We were told to get seat assignment at 2:40. Apparently Geno was not on board with that. My friend walked over to discuss seat assignment and Geno was saying to airline ticket agents, "Fuck that, this is bullshit." "Why the fuck do I have to wait until 2:40." He would not let it go. He continued to curse and be loud for about 5 minutes. Police were called. They talked for a few minutes and then 3 officers escorted him out of the terminal.
Kimberley A. Martin @KMart_LI 9m TMZ cameras caught up w/ #Jets QB Geno Smith, who denied he was kicked off a plane ~> http://www.tmz.com/videos/0_8pgjoian … #jets Seems pretty calm here. No big deal I think Also gave the TMZ guy nothing which is smart.
i read this and was confused. it the picture geno seems totally fine and supposedly it was just a spectator that saw it happen even if he did, who gives a shit. shows he got some NY toughness
It's a big deal when you have to be escorted off a airline by the police. No matter how calm you are. #Genofail
I think what happened is they compared Geno's back scatter xray from security with the pic of his junk on twitter and it didn't match up. The twitter pic was a lot bigger.
It doesn't sound like he was on the airplane? It sounds like he was waiting for standby, they said calm down, they walked him out. He wasn't arrested or anything and was allowed to leave. Maybe because athletes doing dumb stuff has numbed me, but this doesn't seem like a big deal in the grand scheme of things
Oh never mind, reading Cimini's and Martin's new tweets, stands like he was escorted off the plane. Doesn't match the standby thing I was reading Kimberley A. Martin @KMart_LI 3m Geno was on his way to Ft. Lauderdale, per source. Flight attendant asked Geno to unplug his headphones, but Smith didn't hear him... Kimberley A. Martin @KMart_LI 1m The flight attendant "ripped" the headphones out of the plug, prompting Geno to get up + ask to speak to a supervisor… Kimberley A. Martin @KMart_LI 24s Geno left on his own, according to the source, and spoke to police
Rich Cimini @RichCimini 5m Re Geno Smith incident on plane: Public info officer at LAX, while not confirming it was Smith, said there was a "dispute" on place ...cont. Rich Cimini @RichCimini 4m cont...When police arrived, "subject" already was at gate area. Was questioned by police and released. No arrest, no report. Cont.. Rich Cimini @RichCimini 2m Sources confirm that Smith was the "subject." One source said dispute stemmed from Smith refusing to remove headphones on plane. Cont.. Rich Cimini @RichCimini 1m Source said male flight attendant yanked headphones away from Smith and threw them down. Smith voluntary left place + and sought police.
