[2] In August 2022, Reed pled guilty to bribery charges and was later sentenced to serve three years and nine months in an Arkansas prison and fined $18,500.

[6][7] After graduating high school, Reed attended Southern Illinois University Edwardsville on a wrestling scholarship.

[16] In addition to being a controversial shock jock radio host, Romanik is a former strip club owner, police chief, and convicted felon, as well as a top donor to Reed's 2013 mayoral campaign.

[16][17][18] During the interview, Romanik referred to St. Louis Alderwoman Megan Green as a "no-count, low-life, good-for-nothing, skanky bitch" who deserves to be "flushed down the toilet" and "makes me ashamed to be white.

"[16][19] In 2016, Reed's wife Mary Entrup, a former St. Louis judge, ran for a seat on the city's Democratic Party Central Committee.

[20] In the meeting, Shepard calls Drieth's campaign "a distraction" to Reed and asks McDaniel "is there anything else that she would want to do that we could support her, running for alderwoman or president of the board?

[20] In February 2017, the Board of Aldermen passed a bill sponsored by Reed to issue funding of $64 million in bonds for renovations to the Scottrade Center.

[29] On June 23, 2020, Reed and Senator Roy Blunt were sued by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Washington University School of Law First Amendment clinic on behalf of two constituents who had been blocked by the politicians on social media after criticizing them.

[30] On June 24, 2020, Reed introduced Board Bill 71 to include a vote for the St. Louis Lambert International Airport to be privatized on the November ballot.

However, on May 25, 2022, Reed (along with Jeffrey Boyd and John Collins-Muhammad) were indicted on felony charges by federal grand jury for corruption involving allegedly taking bribes in support for facilitating property tax abatements.

[3][4] Additionally, Reed will be required to pay an $18,500 fine due to his offenses, which include receiving $18,500 in bribe money.