Antoine Massey, 32, is one among ten fugitives who allegedly broke out of the Orleans Justice Middle in New Orleans, Louisiana at round 1 a.m. on Could 16 — and one among two who’re nonetheless at giant.

That is why officers have been shocked to see his face in a brand new Instagram video, which was first revealed Sunday to Instagram. In it, in line with NewsNation and different media retailers, he held up papers which he says confirmed his innocence, saying, “They are saying that I broke out. I didn’t escape. I used to be let loose.”

The person within the video recognized himself as Massey and appeared to have the identical facial tattoos, in line with The Occasions-Picayune, who reviews that the video was deleted Monday afternoon after media retailers started reporting on it. Whereas authorities haven’t publicly confirmed whether or not the person within the video is Massey, “there’s an excellent likelihood it is him,” Deputy US Marshal Brian Truthful advised CNN.

“The explanation why I left the jail is as a result of these folks have been making an attempt to present me a life sentence in each parishes for one thing that I didn’t do,” the person who claimed to be Massey mentioned within the video.

“Who I used to be up to now shouldn’t be who I’m at present, so I’m asking, please, for assist,” he says within the video, per Billboard. “YoungBoy [Never Broke Again], Meek Mill … I am saying people who been by means of the system that understand it’s corrupt. Lil Wayne, Donald Trump, please, I am asking for assist.”

Seemingly anticipating that he’ll be caught, he reportedly added, “Once I get again in custody, I’m asking y’all please to come back and assist me.”

He was imprisoned in March on expenses of motorcar theft and home abuse battery involving strangulation, in line with ABC affiliate WBRZ, and can be needed in St. Tammany Parish on suspicion of kidnapping and rape, in line with officers. He had not but entered a plea.

Legislation & Crime reviews that the person within the video figuring out himself as Massey mentioned that he was wrongly accused within the abuse case, and incorrectly charged with vehicular theft.

“I am letting y’all know I am not a raper, man. I am not none of that. None of that. I am an excellent particular person. I’m a father that need to be in my youngsters’s life,” he mentioned, per Billboard. “I need to let the youthful that taking place the route of making an attempt to be a avenue particular person shouldn’t be the route.”

“If the person depicted within the video is certainly Antoine Massey, we strongly urge him to come back ahead and switch himself in to the right authorities,” Orleans Parish Sheriff Susan Huston mentioned in an announcement, acquired by CBS affiliate WWNY. “Cooperating with legislation enforcement is in his greatest curiosity and will assist keep away from extra expenses.”

The Occasions-Picayune reviews that Massey has been in hassle with the legislation since 2009, with a felony historical past together with violent felony convictions for armed theft, aggravated flight from an officer, and felon in possession of a firearm. He has additionally been sentenced on theft expenses, in addition to easy felony harm to property, and tampering with digital monitor gear two completely different occasions.

Should you rely the 2 occasions he lower off ankle screens, resulting in the “tampering with digital monitor gear” expenses, the Occasions-Picayune says final month’s jailbreak marks his fifth time escaping custody.

Eight of the ten inmates who purportedly escaped from Orleans Justice Middle by means of a gap carved out behind a rest room have been recaptured. Solely Massey and Derrick Groves, 27, stay at giant, with authorities conducting a multi-state hunt for each of them. Groves was convicted of a double homicide and incarcerated final October.

Sterling Williams, a plumber on the jail, advised police after the breakout that Massey had threatened to shank him (the plumber is accused of shutting off the water within the cell to facilitate the escape). Within the since-deleted video, the person claiming to be Massey denied this allegation, saying the person “flat-out lied on me.”

After crawling by means of the makeshift gap behind the bathroom, the ten inmates reportedly made their method by means of a pipe chase and out by means of a loading dock earlier than they scaled a fence and fled throughout the interstate, per reviews.

Greater than two weeks after the escape, with authorities conducting their huge multi-state search effort, a supply with legislation enforcement advised the Occasions-Picayune that one among Massey’s members of the family was in a position to ID the background behind him in his video plea.

In keeping with this tipster, the person claiming to be Massey was filming from the kitchen of a relative, who was out of city on the time. After acquiring a search warrant, Louisiana State Police raided the home on Monday, which was lower than three miles from the jail, however didn’t discover Massey. They did report, nonetheless, discovering among the clothes he was sporting within the video.

“Concerning his innocence, everybody has the chance to go to courtroom and to have their day,” mentioned Col. Robert Hodges, superintendent of the Louisiana State Police, per the Occasions-Picayune. “However you possibly can’t do it whenever you depart from being incarcerated after which now you are escaped.”

As for these pleas of innocence within the video, Hodges countered, “There’s little question, he is actually not harmless for escaping out of jail, OK? Let’s simply begin with that.”

Anybody with details about the remaining escaped inmates is being requested to contact the FBI at 1-800-CALL-FBI or by way of fbi.gov/neworleansfugitives, Crimestoppers at (504) 822-1111 or by way of CrimestoppersGNO.org, or the Louisiana State Police Fusion Middle at (225) 925-4192. There’s a $50,000-per-escapee reward for any data that results in their arrests, per the Occasions-Picayune.