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She may end up with the perfect prison pedicure.
The shameless influencer arrested and charged with six felonies for her part in this week’s Philadelphia riots is begging fans for cash to hire a lawyer… and pay to get her toes painted.
Dayjia Blackwell – who goes by “Meatball” – took to Instagram live to not only give her side of the story, but to plug her Cash App handle for her fans to send her money as a “welcome home” gift.
“All I want to do is go treat myself,” she told more than 10,000 fans on Thursday on Instagram, mentioning multiple times she wants to go get her “toes done,” as well as her legal woes.
Blackwell, 21, spent “hours” in a holding cell after being arrested, said she was “traumatized” by the experience and wants to “cry” every time she thinks about it.
“I’m traumatized, I would never go back in my life,” she told her fans. “They’re trying to make somebody I wasn’t. They really did me dirty because of who I was. That was corny, that was corny.”
“Meatball” copped charges for causing/risking a catastrophe, criminal mischief, riot, aiding consummation, access to communication, and disorderly conduct, according to the Baltimore Police Department.
The influencer — who boost nearly 200,000 followers on Instagram — wants the charges “expunged” from her record and insisted to her fans that she is “not a trouble person.”
“I’m a good person. I’m a businesswoman. I don’t like it,” she said. “I didn’t know this s–t would go this far.”
The young woman admitted she was “stressed the f–k out” about the legal situation she found herself in and is “overwhelmed.”
“I’m young, I don’t know what’s going on,” she said. “I’m a comedian, this is what I do… This s–t is gonna reflect on my life.”
Despite wanting to distance herself from the situation, Blackwell has since uploaded her mugshot, with tears running down her cheeks, to her social media and made it her profile picture.
The unfiltered influencer revealed some of the horrors she saw behind bars, including rough correctional officers, a woman sitting on “seven pads” to get comfortable, and people shoving “cheese sandwiches” in the vent which she claimed was in a bif to stop airflow to the cell.
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“I’ve never been through nothing like that in my life. I don’t even know what happened, like I need some sleep. I’m scared, I’m traumatized. Never again in my life, like seriously,” she said on a video posted to her Instagram story.
Police have said that the looting was not related to earlier protests in Philadelphia on Tuesday over a judge dismissing charges in the police shooting of Eddie Irizarry, 27, in his car.
Interim Philadelphia Police Commissioner John Stanford pointed out the riots occurred in a different part of the city and said it was co-ordinated by “criminal opportunists” who were taking “advantage of a situation.”
A scond night of looting followed on Wednesday, leading to even more arrests.
The Post has attempted to contact Blackwell for comment.
Nearly 50 adults and three juveniles have been apprehended for the mass looting at City Center shopping area, which caused the Apple Store and Lululemon to shutter its doors for a few days for repairs.
On Blackwell’s livestream, she was heard screaming: “Free iPhones! Free iPhones!”
“This is what happens when we don’t get justice in this city,” she screamed as she joined a crowd of youngsters in the street before being arrested later that night.
Other stores, like Footlocker and various state-run liquor stores, were also looted. Footlocker declined to comment when contacted by The Post.
The majority of the looters were young, including two 14-year-olds, who were not named due to their age.
Many of the looters face riot, burglary, and theft charges for their role in the incident.
At least two guns were recovered from the crime scenes, according to the authorities. There was no word on injuries.
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