Cyndi Lauper’s son flashed a smile and a peace sign as he appeared in court on firearms charges following a shooting in Harlem.
Declyn ‘Dex’ Lauper, 26, entered Manhattan Supreme Court with his girlfriend and entourage on Thursday to face a hearing on two counts of criminal possession of a loaded firearm.
He was wearing a white Louis Vuitton shirt, light blue jeans and sunglasses inside the courtroom where Judge Marisol Martínez Alonso adjourned the case until May 15.
Dex was arrested on Feb. 7 after police allegedly caught him with a gun and drugs while searching the area near 135 W. 112th St. where they found a 24-year-old man shot in the leg near a building. of apartments.
His father, actor David Thornton, was previously photographed bailing his son out of jail with $20,000 in cash and accompanied Dex to an earlier hearing.
Declyn ‘Dex’ Lauper, 26, entered Manhattan Supreme Court with his girlfriend and entourage on Thursday to face a hearing on two counts of criminal possession of a loaded firearm.
He was wearing a white Louis Vuitton shirt, light blue jeans and sunglasses inside the courtroom where Judge Marisol Martínez Alonso adjourned the case until May 15.
His girlfriend, who has thousands of followers on Instagram, accompanied him on Thursday
Dex was seen holding hands with his girlfriend and flanked by three other men as he entered the courtroom for his hearing. None of his parents were present.
Prosecutor Molly Rogowski told the court she was working on a possible plea deal with her defense lawyer Ian Niles and the matter was adjourned until May 15.
He was allegedly found with a loaded gun and drugs in February after police searched an area in Harlem following a shooting.
According to the criminal complaint, Dex was found with a fanny pack that contained a Glock with seven bullets in its magazine.
The complaint said he possessed the gun “with the intent to unlawfully use it against another person.”
It comes as he faces eviction from his luxury Manhattan apartment after neighbors complained about loud music, late-night screams and smells of marijuana.
His landlord has filed an eviction petition to have the 26-year-old removed from his $7,200-a-month apartment.
Dex has been accused of violating leasing rules at the apartment building in the financial district since he moved in last October.
Prosecutor Molly Rogowski told the court she was working on a possible plea deal with her defense lawyer Ian Niles and the matter was adjourned until May 15.
It comes as he faces eviction from his luxury Manhattan apartment after neighbors complained about loud music, late-night screams and smells of marijuana.
The rapper’s girlfriend calls herself ‘it girl’ on her Instagram, where she posts sensual images of herself.
According to the documents, neighbors have to deal with “loud music every night” and loud screams coming from the apartment.
In February, a resident who lived below the apartment told the landlord that she feared for her safety due to the constant screaming and noise.
The resident, whose name does not appear in the newspapers, complained that the loud noises from the apartment had a “serious and negative impact on her life.”
Others complained about the smell of marijuana coming from the apartment, loud screams and sounds of fighting.
Court documents say he entered the building’s management office one night carrying a “marijuana joint and appearing visually intoxicated.”
The documents allege that he then threatened workers via email, saying, ‘If you don’t fix the email, I will go back to the people and break everyone’s face.’
‘I’ll break your legs. I have friends and a guy who will screw you. Don’t play with me because I’ll bring someone with me and destroy this whole place.’
A former neighbor told the New York Post: ‘I’ve never had any problems with any of the neighbors before.
“Then a new tenant moved in and immediately there was very loud music at the strangest times, like 3am or 7am. It felt like there was a nightclub right behind my wall.”
A source also told the outlet that one day after a tenant confronted Dex, the former neighbor found a bullet near his apartment and decided to move out.
A neighbor also told the Post: ‘I heard the disturbing music every other day. There were many times when it was 2 a.m., 3 a.m., or 4 a.m.
Cindy’s assistant (far left) walks in with Dex and his girlfriend.
The rapper’s girlfriend calls herself ‘it girl’ on social media
He posts under the name ‘Ari Badd’ on Instagram and YouTube.
‘I had an important meeting one day, on a weekday, but I was woken up at 3am the night before because the music was loud.
‘I could feel the bass. I put on a robe and went to confront the guy, in a nice way, and I had to bang on the door really hard because I just couldn’t hear.
‘He tried to take the high road with me, saying, “Oh, is that how you talk to people?” I said, “Yeah, 3am, I’m not going to be too nice about it.”
‘So we had this conversation for 30 seconds. I left and the music continued.”
Dex, who is the only child of the Girls Just Want to Have Fun singer and Thornton, has found himself in trouble with the authorities before.
He was arrested after being in possession of a stolen 2014 Mercedes Benz while at a memorial service on July 14, 2022 for an aspiring rapper named Ethan Reyes, who had been fatally stabbed days earlier.
Dex had been arrested while sitting in the double-parked vehicle at the intersection of 140th Street and Broadway, the New York Post reported.
Prosecutors in the case said Dex told police officers when they asked him about the vehicle: “You probably know who I am.”
Dex pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct without jail time in connection with the incident.
As a condition of his plea deal, Manhattan Criminal Court ordered Dex to avoid further trouble for one year; and perform community service that lasted five days. He faced up to a year in prison if he was convicted, according to the outlet.
After the October 2022 court hearing, Dex was seen smoking marijuana (which is legal in New York City) with friends while getting into a van parked outside the courthouse.
In an Instagram Stories post that day, Dex posted an image of a smoke-filled vehicle with the caption “Court.”
At the time, Dex, who worked with rapper G-Eazy, told the Post that he and his famous mother had been collaborating on musical material.
“My mother and I have a couple of songs that we recorded,” he told the newspaper at the time, adding that the end of the previous case was “definitely a blessing” for him.
Last year, Lauper told Vanity Fair that Dex’s musical tastes tended to be “more underground,” adding, “He’s on SoundCloud and he’s a fantastic artist.”
In the chat, Lauper talked about balancing parenthood with her career.
“People said I was very career-driven, but once the kid came, I looked at how I could support everything: making a record, going on tour, and my husband was like, ‘Go to Europe, I’ve got it.'” she said. “Sometimes I took my son on tour, but he needed his own space.”