The lone person arrested in the chaos that emerged out of a canceled Kanye West pop-up show says she can’t believe she went to jail for “f--king Kanye West.”
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Lauren Epstein, 26, is a restaurant manager who was out for drinks with former colleagues near Webster Hall.
Epstein took a conditional dismissal deal at her arraignment in Manhattan Criminal Court early Monday night and was released.
Outside the courtroom, she said she was out with pals when she saw the flood of people and heard someone yell that West was coming so she went over to check it out.
Epstein told the Daily News she didn't hear the cops’ orders to disperse and she started crossing the street to get back to the bar where her friends were waiting.
The ordeal, she said, "was f**king bulls**t."
"All for f**king Kanye West. I don't even, like, love him!," she said.
"It wasn't worth 16 hours in jail. Maybe Beyoncé would be, but not this."
"It was embarrassing. I'm a good kid!" she added.
She said she went through "16 hours of hell" and didn't even know why she was being arrested.
She was caught up in the New York celebrity moment.
"That's like the coolest thing about living in New York City — you have a spontaneous moment," she said.
She had an outstanding summons, apparently for an open container, which is likely the reason why she was held overnight on the disorderly conduct case.