Person Who Approached Ariana Grande on the occasion of Film Launch Barred from Singapore
An Australian man that leaped past a barrier and grabbed actress Ariana Grande has been sent away and banned from Singapore.
Johnson Wen, twenty-six, was handed a penalty to more than a week in jail for causing a public disturbance and has now been "prohibited from returning to Singapore," the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority told Singaporean press.
Wen pushed through camera crews and approached aggressively the performer and artist, who was attending the Asian debut for the musical adaptation on the thirteenth of November. Co-performer Cynthia Erivo wrestled him away from Grande.
He has a background of causing disturbances at events and star-studded occasions, including leaping onto the platform at the pop star's Australian show in this summer.
The incident sparked outrage in Singapore, with numerous people saying he of re-traumatising Grande.
The pop star has mentioned experiencing post-traumatic stress disorder after a suicide bomb attack at her performance in the English city in several years ago took the lives of 22 individuals and affected hundreds.
During Wen's trial, the judge was informed he had tried to gain access on the red carpet event multiple times, according to Singaporean media.
He then made a second attempt to jump the barricades. Protection personnel intercepted him and restrained him.
He then uploaded video clips expressing gratitude to the star for allowing his presence and said he was "released."
Authorities detained him the next day and brought charges against him with public nuisance, to which he confessed.
The District Judge the magistrate was quoted by a news outlet as stating that he was looking for publicity, commenting that he was mistaken to believe he would not face any penalties.
Grande has not spoken about the situation.
The co-star discussed the event to a media outlet, saying that she "simply desired to verify my colleague was safe."
"I think he didn't mean us danger, but you can't predict with these incidents, and I wanted to make sure that she was OK. That was my first instinct," she said.
