The Los Angeles Times was still buzzing on Tuesday over the circumstances surrounding the departure of veteran music and culture critic Sasha Frere-Jones.

Frere-Jones was gone after a series of ethical lapses — including a whopper: He submitted a $5,000 expense voucher he claimed he rang up during an interview with a rap star.

But the rapper’s rep said the chat never happened and then the newspaper found out the location of the interview turned out to be a jiggle joint, according to The Wrap, which first reported on the reporter’s exit.

Frere-Jones could not be reached for comment, but a spokesperson for the LA Times, in a statement, said, “Sasha Frere-Jones recently resigned from the Los Angeles Times.”

“With his permission, I can tell you that he decided to transition to freelance so he could focus on writing a book, which is under contract with [Farrar, Straus and Giroux].

But Frere-Jones had a series of apparent ethical lapses, The Wrap noted.

The standout reporter had accepted a junket sponsored by Dom Pérignon to The Joshua Tree National Park in April, according to the report, and also promised one artist coverage at Coachella in exchange for transportation to the event.

Frere-Jones turned down the junket at the last minute, The Wrap noted, while not saying if the paper ever stood up the Coachella event.

Frere-Jones was a longtime music critic with The New Yorker, but left in 2015 to work for a music Web site before joining the LA Times in July.