Afroman Sued By Deputies For Music Video Showing Raid Of His Home, Says 'i Got Freedom Of Speech'

A defiant rapper testified connected Tuesday that he exercised free reside erstwhile he released a euphony video featuring images of Ohio deputies raiding his home, saying immoderate suffering they declare successful a suit complete nan video is owed to “their mistake.”

Several Adams County sheriff's deputies are suing Afroman, claiming they were needlessly harmed by his music video "Lemon Pound Cake," which included information camera footage taken successful 2022 erstwhile they served a hunt warrant looking for narcotics astatine nan performer's home.

None were recovered and charges were ne'er revenge against nan "Because I Got High" rapper, who was calved Joseph Foreman.

Afroman took nan witnesser guidelines wearing an American flag-patterned suit and said his actions are protected nether nan First Amendment.

"I sewage state of speech," he told jurors. "After they tally astir my location pinch guns, kicked down my door, I sewage nan correct to footwear a tin successful my backyard, usage my state of speech, move my bad times into a bully time."

"Yes I do, and I deliberation I'm a athletics for doing truthful because I don't spell to their house, footwear down their doors, flip them disconnected connected their surveillance cameras, past effort to play nan unfortunate and writer them," he said.

The rapper said immoderate hardships suffered by nan deputies should beryllium pinned connected rule enforcement.

"(This is each of) their responsibility for coming successful my location successful nan first place," nan 51-year-old creator testified.

"So if they hadn't travel successful my house, their children wouldn't beryllium saying nothing. None of this would beryllium going connected if they had did their investigation and did things right. So each of this is their fault, and now they want to writer maine for their mistake."

Asked if there's thing that could "change your mind" astir his imaginative actions, an indignant Afroman put it each backmost connected rule enforcement.

"Is location thing that tin alteration my mind astir nan truth that they shouldn't person been astatine my location successful nan first place?" Afroman rhetorically said.

"Is location thing that tin alteration my mind astir really my money shouldn't person been touched successful nan first place? No."

The title of opus and video astatine nan halfway of nan lawsuite made ray of 1 lawman who came done nan busted doorway and seemed to return peculiar liking successful a citrus loaf sitting nether sitting nether a barroom solid successful Afroman's kitchen.

"The Adams County Sheriff kicked down my door," according to Afroman’s song.

"Then I heard nan solid break. They recovered nary kidnapping victims. Just immoderate citrus lb cake. Mama’s citrus lb cake. It tastes truthful nice. It made nan sheriff wanna put down his gun. And trim him a slice."

The "Lemon Pound Cake" video has been viewed much than 3.1 cardinal times connected YouTube.