Lawyer for Odell Beckham Jr. blasts flight crew!

By now, you've surely heard the news that free agent National Football League wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was made to leave a flight yesterday that was scheduled to travel from Miami to Los Angeles; he reportedly refused to buckle his seat belt while the flight crew was also allegedly worried about his personal health, stating that Beckham appeared to be drifting in and out of consciousness. 

However, according to Beckham's attorney, this was simply a case of an "overzealous" flight attendant, and that his client's removal from the plane was "unnecessary". Take a look at what Daniel Davillier had to say about the situation: 

“Odell Beckham Jr. boarded a morning flight in Miami without any problems,” Davillier said in a statement to NFL Network’s Ian Rapoport. “The flight was delayed after boarding and prior to take off. Mr. Beckham fell asleep with his blanket over his head, which is his normal practice for long flights. He was [awakened] and told that the plane was back at the gate and that he needed to get off the plane because he did not put his seatbelt on when asked. He responded that he was asleep, and that he would put his seatbelt on at that time. He was informed that it was too late, and that either he would have to get off the plane or everyone would have to deplane.”

“The overzealous flight attendant insisted on removing everyone from the plane instead of simply allowing Mr. Beckham to fasten his seatbelt and proceed with the flight. At [no] time was Mr. Beckham disruptive or combative. He was willing to comply with the seatbelt requirement, but the flight attendant wanted to prove that he had the authority to have Mr. Beckham removed from the flight. The airline proceeded to send Mr. Beckham’s luggage to Los Angeles without him. “That incident was unnecessary. Sleeping on a plane should not be a cause for removal from a flight. If they could wake him up when the flight returned to the gate, then they could have done the same thing to ask him to put on his seatbelt.”

It's clear how Beckham and his attorney feel about this.