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French Student Charged in Singapore Over Viral Vending‑Machine Straw Video

The next court hearing is set for May 22.

Overview

  • The 18-year-old, identified as Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, was charged in district court Friday after a March 12 video stunt.
  • He faces counts of public nuisance and mischief, which together can bring up to two years and three months in jail plus fines.
  • Charge sheets say he licked a straw, put it back in an iJooz orange juice machine, and posted the clip to Instagram where it spread widely.
  • iJooz filed a police report, ran sanitation checks, and replaced all 500 straws in the machine’s dispenser.
  • He studies at ESSEC in Singapore, has S$5,000 bail with a school representative as bailor, and is due back in court on May 22 as his parents fly in from France.