Angelique
05-14-2006, 04:09 PM
NEW YORK (AP) — A syndicated hip-hop disc jockey arrested after making on-air racial and sexual rants about a rival radio personality's wife and young child has been released on bail.
DJ Star, whose real name is Troi Torain, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after a broadcast on Power 105.1 FM.
Transcripts show he hurled racist insults, threatened to sexually abuse the 4-year-old daughter of his rival, Hot 97's DJ Envy, and offered $500 for information about where she went to school.
"I will come for your kids," Torain said, according to a transcript provided by New York Councilman John Liu.
Torain was arraigned after 11 p.m. Friday and posted $2,000 bail within an hour, authorities said.
Police originally had indicated he also would be charged with harassment, but prosecutors decided against it for now, district attorney's spokeswoman Barbara Thompson said.
Torain's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said his client's conduct was inappropriate but not criminal, and was "never intended to frighten the family."
Torain — along with his brother Timothy Joseph, known as Buc Wild — was the host of Clear Channel Radio's syndicated morning show on Power 105. The company fired Torain after city officials complained. Their show aired in markets including Philadelphia, Miami and Richmond, Va.
© 2006 The Associated Press.
Torain's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said his client's conduct was inappropriate but not criminal, and was "never intended to frighten the family."
*not intended to fright the family... BULLSHYT! A person who knows of the family and is asking bout info for the kid SHOULD be takin as threaten. Especially when the person threats to sexually abuse the child! This man should never be allowed back on the air!
DJ Star, whose real name is Troi Torain, was charged with endangering the welfare of a child after a broadcast on Power 105.1 FM.
Transcripts show he hurled racist insults, threatened to sexually abuse the 4-year-old daughter of his rival, Hot 97's DJ Envy, and offered $500 for information about where she went to school.
"I will come for your kids," Torain said, according to a transcript provided by New York Councilman John Liu.
Torain was arraigned after 11 p.m. Friday and posted $2,000 bail within an hour, authorities said.
Police originally had indicated he also would be charged with harassment, but prosecutors decided against it for now, district attorney's spokeswoman Barbara Thompson said.
Torain's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said his client's conduct was inappropriate but not criminal, and was "never intended to frighten the family."
Torain — along with his brother Timothy Joseph, known as Buc Wild — was the host of Clear Channel Radio's syndicated morning show on Power 105. The company fired Torain after city officials complained. Their show aired in markets including Philadelphia, Miami and Richmond, Va.
© 2006 The Associated Press.
Torain's lawyer, Benjamin Brafman, said his client's conduct was inappropriate but not criminal, and was "never intended to frighten the family."
*not intended to fright the family... BULLSHYT! A person who knows of the family and is asking bout info for the kid SHOULD be takin as threaten. Especially when the person threats to sexually abuse the child! This man should never be allowed back on the air!