J.J. Redick Said There Was A Woman In A Cage Hiding In The Back Of His NYC Taxi Cab

NY Post- NBA journeyman J.J. Redick claims he freaked after seeing a woman apparently being caged under a blanket in the back of his car service in Manhattan, prompting him to jump out and call cops. Redick shared the story on his “The J.J. Redick Podcast” on Thursday, saying it happened Wednesday after he had done a photo shoot for the fashion line Mr. Porter.

The former Duke University and current Philadelphia 76ers guard said he was with his wife, Chelsea, and sister-in-law Kylee as they got into the Cadillac Escalade livery cab arranged by Mr. Porter. As they motored through Manhattan, Kylee became “pale as a ghost” because she said someone was in the vehicle’s back storage area, according to Redick. They demand the driver pull over, saying they saw a child or small woman in back, according to the hoopster. The driver then sped off, leaving Redick and his party on the sidewalk.

Redick, 34, said he called the NYPD. The player later called the car service to complain — and was told the driver had been disciplined for bringing along another passenger in the front seat, according to Redick. There was no mention of any woman in the trunk, he said.

“So, possible scenarios here: I think best-case for everyone involved is that maybe his sister or his cousin, or maybe a girlfriend or wife needed a ride across town and they didn’t want to pay for an Uber or taxi. That’s probably best-case scenario,” Redick speculated. “And then from there you can go darker. This is not funny, but child abduction, human trafficking. Like, Chelsea’s dead serious texting me today and she’s like, ‘I’m calling the FBI tip line and I’m opening a claim. This is serious.’ I don’t know what to make of it. It definitely was not a dog. I will say that. It was a human being in the back seat of his car, under a blanket in some sort of box or cage. That’s my story. ”

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Yup, I think we need Alicia to hit them with the old school KFC sound drop.

I have heard, seen, and blogged some crazy shit from New York City over the years. But J.J. Redick casually stumbling into a caged human in the back of his taxi has to take home the…bronze medal? Also Receiving Votes? If we put a disclaimer that stories involving homeless people, people clearly on drugs, or anything that happens in the subway, J.J.’s story is probably still not on the medal stand. But it still is a WILD story and the reason New Yorkers walk everywhere with a 1000 yard stare and their headphones in at full volume. No matter how many Disney plays are on Broadway or how expensive a 1 bedroom apartment costs, New York City is still dark and full of terrors. That woman could have indeed been the victim of human trafficking, a kidnapping. But she also could have been the cab driver’s kinky wife or someone going to put it in a hard day of work as a caged woman at some weirdo underground club that only Stefan from SNL knows about. All of that stuff is a legitimate possibility when New York City is involved. This city is a fucking loony bin loaded with nutjobs, money, garbage, and wayyyyyy too many people.

I also can’t give J.J. too much shit for not going hero ball and jumping into the back and carrying that woman out of the trunk. Yeah hypothetically it would be nice for us all to be exactly like Mark Wahlberg would have been if he was on one of those planes during 9/11. But when New York City goes Full New York City directly in your face, it’s like the beach scene from Saving Private Ryan. Everything is in slow motion and you don’t know what the FUCK is going on until your brain has like 5 minutes to process it. Granted, if you take a taxi in the city, you are always ready for some weird shit to go down. But not a woman in the trunk in a motherfucking CAGE level crazy. If your brain ever expects to see something like that, the city has officially chewed you up and spit you out and you are probably somewhere in a padded room wearing a straitjacket or you are in the NYPD, FBI, or Florida Police Department and have seen some serious shit.