Antoine Massey, one of the escaped New Orleans inmates from last month’s prison break, allegedly posted a nine-minute video to Instagram requesting the legal help of President Donald Trump and rapper Lil Wayne.
“I’m saying people that been through the system that know it’s corrupt. Lil Wayne, Donald Trump, please, I’m asking for help. You know what I’m saying?”
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Antoine Massey, 32, is among the last two inmates who remain at large after 10 escaped the prison on May 16, but in his video, Massey said that he was “let out.”
“They say that I broke out,” Massey said in the video, “I didn’t break out. I was let out.”
More than a dozen people, including a prisoner worker, have been arrested for aiding and abetting the prisoners who escaped by cutting a hole in the wall where the toilet is located and escaping through a pipe.
Massey was being held in the prison for vehicle theft and domestic battery charges and was also wanted for suspicion of rape and kidnapping in St. Tammany Parish.
However, in the video, Massey held a paper, which he said was an affidavit from a judge that showed that the charges brought against him were false.
Orleans Parish Sheriff’s Office is aware of the social media post and encouraged Massey to turn himself in to authorities immediately.
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“If the individual depicted in the video is indeed Antoine Massey, we strongly urge him to come forward and turn himself in to the proper authorities,” the sheriff’s department said in a statement. “Cooperating with law enforcement is in his best interest and may help avoid additional charges.”
Inmate Derrick Groves, a convicted murderer, also remains at large. There is a $50,000 reward for any information that will lead to the arrest of either Groves or Massey.