NEW YORK, May 12 (UPI) -- Former New York radio personality Troi "Star" Torain was arrested Friday for making on-air threats to rape a rival's 4-year-old daughter.
The district attorney's office said Torain was arrested by the New York Police Department's Hate Crimes Unit for endangering the welfare of a child, The New York Times reported.
Torain was fired from his morning show at WWPR-Power FM Wednesday for asking listeners to help him hunt down the 4-year-old daughter of WQHT-Hot 97 jock Rashawn "DJ Envy" Casey so he could sexually molest her.
Torain's attorney, Benjamin Brafman, told the Times his client's remarks were "inappropriate and "offensive" but "it was not criminal."
Brafman said competition between the morning shows on Power FM and Hot 97 resulted in "inappropriate comments being made on both sides" and predicted the charges against Torain would be dismissed.
In a statement put out by Brafman Thursday, Torain offered "his sincere apologies to DJ Envy's wife and child for the comments he made, which were unsuitable and inappropriate."
The statement said Torain had no real intention harm the child or her mother, Gia Casey, who was pelted with anti-Asian racial slurs during Torain's broadcasts.
