The video featuring Legend Stamps, a former Florida A&M Rattlers center, has gone viral all over social media. The video was posted by People v. Preds, a TikTok channel. Reportedly, a basketball player was arrested earlier this week.
The TikTok account which released the video along with other networks on X, formerly Twitter, together, claimed that Legend Stamps was out “trying to meet” a boy.
At a Long Beach, California supermarket, the basketball player went to meet the boy who was just 14 years old.
However, until now, the report of arrest has not been issued, neither by the basketball player himself nor by any of the concerned authorities and officials.
Legend Stamps Arrested
The video posted by TikTok user, People v. Preds showcases the basketball player being confronted by the videographer. This incident occurred on March 25, 2024.
When the videographer asked him, Legend Stamps said that he went to the supermarket to buy some medicine. The content creator who shot Legend on camera said that he witnessed the former “FAMU player waiting outside the market for another 30 minutes.”
In the further conversation, Stamps can be spotted admitting in the clip that he was waiting for a 14-year-old whom he started talking to on Grindr, a dating website.
Legend Stamps Gets Arrested
Soon, police officials reached the scene and apprehended Legend Stamps.
Various social media users reacted to the video by slamming Legend Stamps.
One person wrote, “no funny shit but with his facial expression and just his face in general, i I would’ve thought he was speedy or something.”
When the video surfaced on the social media and went viral, FAMU in the comment section of the creators commented on removing the university tag and brand name from their post.
FAMU wrote, “Please remove our university name and @famuathletics branding from this post. Our university does not condone harmful acts or intentions towards children or adults.”
The official statement regarding the incident is awaited.
