Calvin Ridley has offered his side of the Nashville airport altercation that drew attention over the weekend, saying the situation started when he tried to get his truck without the proper ticket after returning from the Titans’ Week 9 bye.
According to Ridley, the process stalled because he didn’t have the required ticket when he went to retrieve the keys. “Once you don’t have your ticket, you show them your ID and fill out a form,” Ridley said. “I also showed him a picture to show that it was my truck.”
Ridley said the valet still would not release the keys, which led him to take them himself. He added that it was around 11pm and that his family was waiting for him in another part of the airport so he could pick them up after getting his vehicle.
“They gave me the hardest time to get my truck,” he said. “They wanted the registration.
I gave them the registration after I got the keys. My wife came down, we got in the truck and left.”
There were also questions about whether the valet was hurt when Ridley grabbed the keys. Ridley said he didn’t know for sure what happened.
“I don’t know what I did,” Ridley said. “He yelled I broke his finger.
I don’t know what happened.”
Ridley said he doesn’t know whether charges will follow.
The Titans wideout signed a four-year, $92 million deal with Tennessee in March of 2024. He had previously been suspended for much of the 2022 season for gambling on NFL games in 2021.
Ridley also said the Titans have been in contact with the Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority, which he said has not charged him or even contacted him.
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