Cyndi Lauper’s rapper son ‘Dex’ flashed a peace sign today after appearing in court on gun charges following a shooting in Harlem.
Declyn ‘Dex’ Lauper, 26, attended Manhattan Supreme Court for a procedural hearing on Tuesday morning after his actor dad bailed him out on a $20,000 bond.
He wore a yellow bomber jacket with glasses and his hair in braids for his latest appearance in the criminal courthouse. Dex also gave a thumbs up inside the courthouse shortly after his hearing.
According to court documents, he was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a loaded firearm.
Dex was taken into custody after a shooting occurred in Harlem on Thursday in the area near 135 W. 112th St. where a 24-year-old man was found shot in his leg near an apartment building.
Cyndi Lauper ‘s rapper son ‘Dex’ flashed a peace sign at paparazzi after appearing in court on gun charges following a shooting in Harlem
Declyn ‘Dex’ Lauper, 26, attended Manhattan Supreme Court for a procedural hearing on Tuesday morning after his actor dad bailed him out on a $20,000 bond
Cyndi Lauper’s husband, actor David Thornton, was previously pictured bailing their son out of jail with a wad cash.
Wearing a black jacket, blue shirt, stripped tie and a red and gray scarf, Thornton posted his son’s $20,000 bail at a New York City Department of Correction facility on Friday.
Prosecutors sought bail of $50,000 cash or $150,000 bond, reported New York Daily News, but a judge granted $20,000 cash bail.
After Dex was released, the father and son were escorted out of the building with their lawyer.
Dex was arrested on Wednesday after police canvased the area for evidence and found him with a loaded gun and drugs in his possession, ABC7 reported.
The 24-year-old victim was also charged with criminal possession of a weapon and reportedly is in stable condition at Mount Sinai Morningside Hospital.
According to the criminal complaint filed, Dex was found with a fanny pack that contained a Glock with seven bullets in its magazine. The complaint said he possessed the weapon ‘with intent to use it unlawfully against another.’
Dex, who is the only son of the Girls Just Want to Have Fun singer and Thornton, has found himself in hot water with authorities before.
He wore a yellow bomber jacket with glasses and his hair in braids for his latest appearance in the criminal courthouse
According to court documents, he was charged with two counts of criminal possession of a loaded firearm
Dex also gave a thumbs up inside the Manhattan criminal courthouse on Tuesday
Wearing a black jacket, blue shirt, stripped tie and a red and gray scarf, Thornton posted his son’s $20,000 bail at a New York City Department of Correction facility
After Dex was released, the father and son were escorted out of the building with their lawyer
Declyn ‘Dex’ Lauper, 26, the son of iconic singer Cyndi Lauper, 70, was arrested in connection with criminal possession of a weapon and drugs in New York City Wednesday. Pictured in NYC in 2016. He and his famed mother were pictured at an event in NYC last June
Dex, who is the only son of the Girls Just Want to Have Fun singer and Thornton, has found himself in hot water with authorities before. Dex and Cyndi pictured at the MTV VMAs in NYC in 2021
He was arrested after being in possession of a stolen 2014 Mercedes Benz while at a July 14, 2022 memorial service for an aspiring rapper named Ethan Reyes, who had been fatally stabbed days before.
Dex had been arrested as he sat in the idling vehicle double parked at the cross-section of 140th Street and Broadway, the New York Post reported.
Prosecutors in the case said that Dex told police officers when he was questioned about the vehicle: ‘You probably know who I am.’
Dex entered a guilty plea to disorderly conduct with no jail time in connection with the incident.
As conditional to his plea deal, Dex was ordered by Manhattan Criminal Court to avoid any further trouble for a year’s time; and perform a community service that stretched five days. He faced up to a year in custody if convicted, according to the outlet.
Following the October 2022 court hearing, Dex was seen smoking marijuana (which is legal in New York City) with friends as he boarded a SUV parked outside of the courthouse.
Dex was arrested on Wednesday after police canvased the area for evidence and found him with a loaded gun and drugs in his possession. Dex pictured leaving jail
Police were responding to a shooting in Harlem in the area near 135 W. 112th St. where a 24-year-old man was found shot in his leg near an apartment building when they arrested Dex
Dex was arrested after being in possession of a stolen 2014 Mercedes Ben z while at a July 14, 2022 memorial service for an aspiring rapper named Ethan Reyes
In an Instagram Stories post that day, Dex posted an image of a smoke-filled vehicle with the caption, ‘Court.’
At the time, Dex, who has past worked with rapper G-Eazy, told the Post that he and his famed mother had been collaborating on musical material.
‘Me and my mother have a couple of songs that we recorded,’ he told the paper at the time, adding that the end of the prior case was ‘definitely a blessing’ for him.
Lauper last year told Vanity Fair that Dex’s musical tastes tended to be ‘more underground,’ adding, ‘He’s on SoundCloud and he’s a terrific artist.’
In the chat, Lauper opened up about balancing parenting with her career.
‘People said I was so career-driven, but once the kid came, I looked at how I can support everything: Make a record, tour – and my husband would say, ‘Go to Europe, I’ve got him,” she said. ‘I took my son on tour sometimes, but he needed his own space.’