'Bed Intruder' Star Antoine Dodson Arrested

By Christine Fenno Posted Apr 23rd 2011 01:12PM

In the early morning hours Saturday, original 'Bed Intruder' star Antoine Dodson was arrested.

Police in Huntsville, Ala., booked the viral video star on a misdemeanor charge of possession of marijuana; he was in custody a short time, according to TMZ, and released.

Dodson, 24, was charged with other misdemeanors as well: Speeding, failing to appear twice on a traffic charge and failing to have liability insurance.

When a reporter first put him on the air during a local news broadcast in 2010, Dodson said he'd witnessed an attempted sexual assault on his sister -- and he adamantly warned viewers 'Hide your kids, hide your wife' from the attacker. A viral sensation was born.

The drug-related arrest marks a setback for Dodson, who rocketed to fame after his initial TV clip inspired an Auto-tune song from the Gregory Brothers. The Chicago native then appeared on the 'Today' show, endorsed a mobile app and announced plans to shoot a reality TV pilot.

At the time he was discovered on the local news, Dodson was residing in Alabama housing projects and welcomed his nearly instant celebrity status: "This could be an opportunity for our family to get out of the 'hood," he recalls telling his sister, as quoted in an NPR report.

Tags: antoine dodson, Bed Intruder Song

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Sunday 24 April

By Lazarus Long

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You can take the rat out of the hood,but you can't take the hood out of the rat.

By just weed

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arresting folks for a little weed or a lot a weed is wasting tax dollars - let that be - now i have never heard of this reality show nor this fella gal or ..... and I have gotten really old I guess - I don't know who half these actors and such are - nor the shows .

By garjaya

Damn that is one ugly manwo.

By Larry

Who ??? never heard of him / her ???

By gregula

ha ha you are really really dum you are so dum ,so hide your husband cause they arresting everybody up in here .

By NOWAY

The arrest does not sruprise me. What surprises me is they are calling that a he.

By Dan

LOOK UP IN THE SKY ITS A SHEMALE NO ITS A MALESHE OH SO CONFUSING AND YOU KNOW WHAT WHO CARES TOO MANY FREAKS IN THIS WORLD !!

By Gooselvr

Antoine Dodson IS a man. Look it up. Just type in "is Antoine Dodson a man or a woman" and you'll see an article stating that he is a man,and the article goes on to say HIS sister was almost raped....

By Marilyn

Wow, they got another dangerous criminal off the streets...NOT, how about if they concentrate on rapists, murderers and child preadators instead.

By steener122

When I read this the first thing I wondered was is they ever got the guy who tried to rape his sister. THATS the kind of people we should be worried about. Not a guy who had a little bit of weed and a speeding ticket.

By cantuii

Hilarious. This thing gets arrested and nobody can sort out of this is man or a woman. The point is. THIS THING whatever it may be got arrested. But I never heard of the show this thing is on.

By k

Now THAT is ugly!

By Clint

He is male and a gay cross dresser.

Its not a show, its a song. He thinking about making a show. Read the article.

By joe paloka

need to know who this idiot is..

Antoine Dodson

talk about disfunctional

By mark

I think he looks like a cross between Oprah and Chris Rock...

By dodah001

He looks like a "Gay Garboon". What's wid da old traffic ticket, an da "no insurance"...He be a dum Garboon as well?

Monday 25 April