Lawyers,
managers and close associates of Houston rapper Lil’ Flip are
proclaiming the rapper’s innocence following his recent arrest in
connection for credit card abuse.

As previously reported, authorities claim that on June 8, Flip (born Wesley Eric Weston, Jr.) bought a $671 Southwest Airlines ticket to Baltimore from Houston with a credit card owned by a man named Jordan Salinger. According to court documents Salinger did not authorize the purchase.

While
the rapper, who appeared in court yesterday (July 23), has stated that
he is innocent of the charges and that he never made the purchase in
question, his lawyer is also speaking out in defense of his client. “Lil’
Flip nor anyone associated with him had any knowledge that a stolen
credit card was being used by a person hired to arrange his travel,” Stanley Schneider, Flip’s Houston-based criminal attorney, said. “A complete investigation will easily show that Lil’ Flip is innocent of all charges and is actually a victim of a scam.”

Sandy Lal, Flip’s manager, also indicated that the rapper will be vindicated of all charges. “The
charges against Lil’ Flip are complete nonsense and will quickly
disappear,” Lal said via a statement. “Flip had absolutely no
involvement with any sort of credit card fraud. He never personally
handles any travel arrangements, that is left to promoters and travel
agents. Any wrongdoing of any sort is clearly in their hands.”

Houston community activist Quanell X also continued to defend Flip and what he feels is unfair pressure that authorities are placing on the Houston-bred rapper. “I believe that Lil’ Flip is 100% innocent,” X said.
“But the problem is that they keep putting pressure on Lil’ Flip that
he may give them the information on the real culprit that they are
looking for and that person has a direct relationship to the person who
was booking plane tickets for Lil’ Flip.”

The case has been temporarily recessed with the rapper scheduled to appear back in court on August 16.