{"id":147068,"date":"2026-02-07T09:58:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/147068\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T09:58:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T09:58:16","slug":"west-hollywood-lawyer-turned-onlyfans-star-joshua-eddy-arrested-in-miami-gay-cruise-drug-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/147068\/","title":{"rendered":"West Hollywood lawyer turned OnlyFans star Joshua Eddy arrested in Miami gay cruise drug bust"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A redheaded Los Angeles lawyer-turned-<a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/21\/world-news\/onlyfans-star-with-alleged-cartel-ties-kidnapped-in-mexico\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">OnlyFans star was arrested<\/a> in Miami this week in a drug bust just before boarding a gay cruise.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Eddy, 41, of <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2026\/01\/30\/entertainment\/kylie-jenner-takes-her-cleavage-to-dinner-at-craigs-west-hollywood\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">West Hollywood<\/a> was among nine men arrested Sunday for allegedly trying to board a Royal Caribbean cruise with illegal drugs, a spokeswoman for the <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2025\/11\/08\/us-news\/miami-dade-deputy-devin-jaramillo-fatally-shot-while-responding-to-car-crash\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office<\/a> said.<\/p>\n<p>A licensed attorney, Eddy\u2019s online profiles show he\u2019s also held jobs as a tech exec.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Eddy is seen in an undated Instagram post. Instagram\/@eddythefit<\/p>\n<p>Eddy\u2019s better known for his steamy social media accounts, including an OnlyFans page where he calls himself the \u201cBeefy ginger bro next door.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Eddy was arrested on Sunday afternoon at PortMiami, in Florida. Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center<\/p>\n<p>Eddy was arrested Sunday at PortMiami as he and eight other suspects tried to board the Symphony of the Seas cruise for Symphony 2026, which organizers called the \u201cworld\u2019s biggest gay festival at sea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A prolific Instagrammer who holds the handles @eddythefit and @daddy, the buff attorney was preparing to party on the cruise when U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers discovered the drugs in his luggage during a screening with trained detection dogs, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Organizers called the Symphony of the Seas cruise for Symphony 2026 the \u201cworld\u2019s biggest gay festival at sea.\u201d<br \/>TNS<\/p>\n<p>Officers found several bags containing pills and a liquid that tested positive for multiple controlled substances, including about 19.3 grams of MDMA, 3.4 grams of ketamine, 7.55 grams of methamphetamine, and approximately 80 grams of GBL, according to police records.<\/p>\n<p>CBP called in the officers from the Miami-Dade Sheriff\u2019s Office, who arrested Eddy and impounded the narcotics, police said.<\/p>\n<p>Eddy was charged with four felonies including trafficking MDMA and possession of meth, GBL and ketamine, according to court documents. He appeared in court Monday and was released on $1,000 bond. He is due again in court in April. Eddy couldn\u2019t be reached for comment.<\/p>\n<p>Joshua Eddy is seen in an undated Instagram post. Instagram\/@eddythefit<\/p>\n<p>California State Bar records show Eddy was admitted to the bar in 2013 and holds an active attorney\u2019s license.<\/p>\n<p>Another profile shows that Eddy has been employed at Meta since 2018. Reps for the company didn\u2019t respond to a request to confirm his employment there.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s made 575 posts to his OnlyFans profile, where a monthly subscription costs $14.99. <\/p>\n<p>Eddy also posts videos of activities including his workouts and meals to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@eddieburkex\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">TikTok account<\/a> with the handle @eddieburkex, where he describes himself as \u201c100% ginger.\u201d   <\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A redheaded Los Angeles lawyer-turned-OnlyFans star was arrested in Miami this week in a drug bust just before&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":147069,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[265,6819,5558,3699,24680,123,125,124,44759,4278],"class_list":["post-147068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-crime","tag-cruises","tag-drugs","tag-lgbtqia","tag-metro","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news","tag-onlyfans","tag-us-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147068","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147068"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147068\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/147069"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147068"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147068"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147068"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}