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Police: Odell Beckham Jr. Removed from Airplane over Fear He 'Was Seriously Ill'

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Darryl Slater of NJ.com and Andy Slater of Fox Sports 960 reported that NFL free-agent wide receiver Odell Beckham Jr. was escorted off a flight from Miami to Los Angeles on Sunday morning.

Andy Slater

SLATER SCOOP: Odell Beckham Jr. was kicked off a plane in Miami on Sunday.<br><br>Flight crew said the NFL WR was in and out of consciousness and wouldn’t put on his seat belt, I’m told.<br><br>The Los Angeles bound flight was delayed after Beckham refused to leave making everybody get off.

Tom Pelissero of the NFL Network also shared a statement from the Miami-Dade Police Department, which noted that airline attendants were worried Beckham was "seriously ill" but that Beckham initially refused to exit the plane:

Tom Pelissero

From Miami-Dade Police on Odell Beckham Jr.