“Love and Hip-Hop: New York” alum Sidney Starr was arrested for s^xual battery on a 14-year-old boy at the Embassy Suites Hotel in Hapeville, Georgia on Sunday, August 2.
According to TMZ, Sidney alleges that contact with the juvenile was “consensual”.
Sidney, 37, is being housed in the special LGBTQ section of the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta.
TMZ reports that Sidney is being held in a special unit for “vulnerable” inmates, such as gay and transgender individuals.
A rep for the Fulton County Sheriff’s Office told TMZ, “Sidney identified as someone who engages in a particular lifestyle” during the jail intake interview.
The jailer said Sidney’s felony charges have nothing to do with the housing assignment. There are no restrictions placed on their movements or activities within the special unit.
TMZ notes that child predators are usually placed in protective status while in jail.
The Sheriff’s rep tells TMZ that Sidney is housed in a dormitory where they have access to 3 meals a day, recreation, phone privileges and showers.
Sidney denied assaulting the child in a statement to TMZ.
In the statement, Sidney “unequivocally denies the allegations” and intends to vigorously fight the charges.
President Donald Trump is still the Fulton County Jail’s most famous inmate.
Trump was charged with violating Georgia’s RICO Act by attempting to overturn the 2020 presidential election. He was booked into the infamous jail in August 2023.