Desiigner's Gun Charge Dropped As He's Released On Misdemeanors

He beat the rap— almost.

“Panda” singer Sidney Royel Selby, more famously known as “Desiigner,” was released without bail Saturday after being arraigned in Manhattan Criminal Court on three misdemeanor counts of menacing and drug possession — but no gun charges.

The Brooklyn rapper, sporting a red quilted jacket, appeared before the judge right after his three friends and the hired driver who were with him Thursday night when a road rage argument landed them in police custody.

Selby’s lawyer told the judge that accusations the rapper pointed a gun from the car window were bogus — noting police didn’t find any weapon.

“There’s nothing here. There’s nothing recovered,” said Selby's attorney, Adam Konta. “There really is nothing here.”

The lawyer for Selby’s three friends argued the same.

“These three gentlemen are really accused of nothing,” attorney Ian Niles argued to the judge.

The three friends, identified in the criminal complaint as Michael Davis, 19, Utril Rhaburn, 23 and CJ McCoy, 21, were each hit with one count each for misdemeanor possession of a controlled substance.

A vindicated Selby, 19, had a luxury BMW waiting outside the courtroom for him when he was released.

“They tried to keep me in but when you're doing right they can't,” he said, as he climbed into the car.

Selby’s driver, however, didn’t get off so easy.

Scott Siegel, 42, was hit with felony drug charges when cops found a cache of pills in his console, glove compartment and gym bag, the criminal complaint said.

He was also charged with forgery for carrying two falsified active-duty firefighter plaques with him, cops said in the complaint.

He was held on $5,000 bail, official said.

Siegel was behind the wheel on Thursday around 8:15 p.m. with Selby in the rear right passenger seat when they had a run-in with another driver at W. 42nd St. and Eighth Ave., cops said.

According to the complaint made against them, the white Cadillac Escalade carrying Selby and his friends veered into another vehicle and words were exchanged.

Selby’s accused of flicking a cigarette at the other vehicle and then “point(ing) what appeared to be a barrel of a black firearm” at the other driver, the criminal complaint said.

“F--- you, do whatever you want,” Shelby yelled, according to the complaint.

The victim took down the license plate number of the SUV and called cops.

The rapper and three friends in the white SUV were stopped by police at W. 42nd St. and Third Ave.

Cops found Siegel’s two forged firefighter plaques along with a treasure trove of methamphetamines and other drugs in ziploc bags in the front of the car along with even more in his gym bag in the trunk, the complaint said.

But the defense team said the accusations were all wrong.

“It's dangerous to say that just because there were four black men in a car they had guns and drugs,” Niles said. “Who that was who reported needs to be figured out.”

Defense lawyers argued the driver of Desiigner’s car had tried to avoid hitting the other vehicle when it veered over and almost caused a crash.

Desiigner’s team said whoever placed the 911 call was wrong about seeing a gun.

The attorney told the judge the car did contain drugs — but they were anabolic steroids used by Siegel, a chauffeur and bodyguard Desiigner had hired for the night.

The lawyers produced prescriptions for some of the multitude of pills found in the center console and dashboard.

But the Assistant District Attorney told the judge the investigation would continue and more charges might be brought in light of the large amount of drugs found in the car.

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