Benzino broke his silence concerning the custody battle that left him hospitalized after Diamond from Crime Mob allegedly ran him over along with her automobile exterior his son’s faculty.
The Hip-Hop veteran stated he sustained a number of accidents requiring potential surgical procedure when Diamond accelerated her black Escalade whereas he tried to cease her from taking his 10-year-old son, Zino.
“I hit my head, twisted my neck up my again, f##### my arm up as a result of I’m gonna must get surgical procedure on my arm, on my shoulder, and probably my elbow,” Benzino stated.
The confrontation began over faculty attendance points between Benzino and his ex, Althea Eaton. He stated she beforehand saved Zino out of faculty in Miami, however then complained when he re-enrolled the kid.
“She made an enormous stink about him being at school,” Benzino stated. “She saved him out of faculty in Miami. Couldn’t obtained saved again. I obtained him again at school. He’s been going to high school six weeks.”
He stated Althea known as for a wellness examine whereas he was engaged on set as Zino was attending faculty.
“So I’ve to name the college principal to get the safety to name the college to name the lieutenant on the police workplace,” Benzino stated.
The subsequent day, Benzino waited close to the bus cease to shock his son, however witnessed what he described as a kidnapping try.
“I used to be form of like hiding a bit of bit parked the place I used to be hiding, so I might simply see like a bit of,” Benzino stated. “As quickly as he will get off with the steps that had been at, I might see.”
He stated Zino appeared completely satisfied as he obtained off the bus earlier than the state of affairs turned chaotic.
“He was like one of many final ones to get off and smiling,” Benzino stated. “Subsequent factor you already know, he’s off, I don’t see him no extra. And I see like the opposite youngsters form of crowding up.”
Benzino stated he noticed somebody forcing Zino into Diamond’s SUV whereas two law enforcement officials moved slowly close by.
“I observed two law enforcement officials,” Benzino stated. “They strolling gradual as f###.” He described watching his son get thrown into the automobile earlier than he ran to intervene.
“All I see is Zino getting thrown on the opposite aspect, take, take to the opposite aspect of the truck and was thrown in,” Benzino stated. “I’m like, ‘Yo, that’s my f###### son.’”
Benzino stated he jumped onto the SUV to cease it from leaving together with his youngster.
“All I do know is that I jumped on the automobile. I put my physique on the automobile in the direction of the again door,” Benzino stated. “I believe the window was open, so I put my hand within the door.”
The automobile then accelerated with him nonetheless hooked up, inflicting his accidents. “I simply heard the automobile rev up and simply go in and get it, took off,” Benzino stated. “It flung me round, form of f##### me up.”
He criticized the police for permitting the elimination based mostly on what he known as outdated paperwork.
“The paperwork was a 2019 youngster help courtroom order,” Benzino stated. “They simply let her take my son off the bus with that,” Benzino stated officers by no means spoke to him on the scene, regardless that he was current.
“They by no means known as me, consoled me. I used to be there on the spot. By no means talked to me,” he stated. He additionally questioned why the police didn’t pursue the automobile after he was injured.
“How the f### are you able to simply allow them to simply pace off like that?” Benzino stated. Youngster protecting providers later returned Zino to him on the hospital, in keeping with earlier studies.
“They introduced Zino again to me on the hospital,” Benzino confirmed. He stated the incident traumatized his son, who witnessed all the pieces occur in entrance of his classmates.
“This poor child, 10 years outdated, man. He’s an awesome child,” Benzino stated. “You set him by this. Terrible b#######. You probably did it in entrance of his complete class on the bus. You scared him, everyone.”
Benzino’s authorized staff is presently reviewing the police report and the circumstances surrounding the custody dispute.
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