A Bay Area man who was arrested for refusing to pull up his sagging pants on an airplane will not face charges, according to media reports on Wednesday.
Deshon Marman, a 20-year-old University of New Mexico football player, made headlines several weeks ago for refusing to pull up his pants and was subsequently booted off an airplane at San Francisco International Airport.
San Mateo County District Attorney Steve Wagstaffe said that no charges will be filed against him, reported the San Francisco Chronicle.
Wagstaffe said that the arresting officers “acted appropriately and professionally” and attempted to resolve the conflict, according to the newspaper.
“While Mr. Marman could have quickly obviated the need for further intervention, we do not believe that criminal charges are warranted in light of all the circumstances surrounding the incident,” he added.
According to reports, Marman entered the aircraft wearing pajama pants that were sagging so as to expose his boxer shorts. A flight attendant told him to pull them up and he refused, which led to police intervention.
“I do want to apologize to the members of Flight No. 488,” Marman said, according to the San Jose Mercury News. “I don’t think I was dressing offensive to anybody. The way a person chooses to dress personally shouldn’t have anything to do with anybody.”
“There’s a lot of things I could have done differently, but it happened in the past and I’m ready to move forward.”
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