Island Boy Franky Venegas, who was arrested for assault back in May, has been caught threatening police in leaked footage from his detainment and accused the cop of “profiling” him.
Venegas was arrested in early May after allegedly assaulting his girlfriend by slapping and pushing her into a swimming pool. According to court docs, Venegas’ girlfriend had told police that she had threatened to break up with the viral star due to his “physically abusive behavior,” and in turn got into a heated argument that turned violent at their Airbnb in Pompano Beach.
New footage of Venegas, who goes by Kodiyakredd, has shown him screaming at police while handcuffed in the back of a squad car, accusing them of profiling him before threatening the police with his “extensive juvenile record.”
“On my dead daddy you profiling me,” Venegas yells in the footage. “I don’t care bro you’re profiling me. I swear to God…babe he’s profiling me.”
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Elsewhere in the footage he says: “I’m getting arrested for no reason, dog. What’s the reason? Bro, fam there is no reason I didn’t do nothing homie.”
The clip then cuts to Venegas waiting to be booked at jail, where his tone turns a bit more hostile. “You see my juvenile record? My juvenile record’s extensive,” he says. “Ok don’t play with me bro. Alright bro, shut your Indian-ass up. Don’t play with me. Real talk man stop playing with me.
“I’m telling you, bro. I’m not the one to play with. What you make $20,000 a year, bro? I’ll make that in a day, I made that yesterday. C’mon bro don’t come at me cuz, I’m not the one to play with.”
Venegas’ girlfriend revealed to officers that the Florida native allegedly slapped her across the face before pushing her into the shallow part of the pool, causing her to hit her chin on the concrete floor below. When the police spoke to her at a nearby hospital, they noticed bruises on her chin, legs, and arms. Afterward, Venegas was arrested on charges of domestic battery.
The Island Boy rapper was released shortly after his booking, and wrote on Instagram the situation was “not what it seems.”
“Free naaa missed everybody,” Venegas wrote. “[It’s] not what it seems. Love and peace, and prosperity, that what life is about. 24 hour lockdown and fighting demons nobody cared now they do.”
Venegas, along with his twin brother Flyysoulja, took the internet by storm with the release of their now-viral single, “Island Boy” in 2021.
