Singapore fines French teen $465 for viral straw-licking stunt

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A 19-year-old French student, Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, was fined S$600 (approximately $465) by a Singapore court for public nuisance. Maximilien pleaded guilty to licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and returning it to the dispenser, then posting a video of the act on Instagram. The incident, which occurred in Singapore, led to widespread disgust online and prompted the vending machine company, iJooz, to replace all 500 straws in the affected dispenser. Maximilien's lawyers stated he is "truly sorry" for the trouble caused, acknowledging the serious consequences of his actions. Both the prosecution and defense agreed a fine was appropriate.

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Public nuisance offenders in Singapore can face fines, jail time, or both.

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The company iJooz replaced all 500 straws in the machine dispenser after the incident.

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Maximilien posted a video of the incident on Instagram with the caption 'city is not safe'.

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The student, Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, pleaded guilty to public nuisance.

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Singapore court fined a French student S$600 ($465) for licking a straw and returning it to a vending machine.

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A Singapore court has fined a French student S$600 ($465; £348) for licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and putting it back into its dispenser.Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 19, pleaded guilty to one count of public nuisance.Maximilien, who is studying in Singapore, posted the video of himself licking the straw on Instagram with the caption "city is not safe".Many online reacted with disgust to his video, which was reposted on a community page and picked up by local news outlets.The company that owns the vending machine, iJooz, said it replaced all 500 straws in the machine dispenser after Maximilien's stunt.public nuisance offenders in Singapore face up to a S$2,000 fine, three months in jail, or both.Both the prosecution and the defence sought a fine for Maximilien.Maximilien is "truly sorry for having caused all this trouble and he realises that what appeared to him at that time as something perhaps playful has turned out to be something very consequential," a defence lawyer was quoted as saying by The Straits Times.

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