French student pleads guilty and is fined for a straw-licking stunt in Singapore
A 19‑year‑old French student pleaded guilty to a public nuisance charge in Singapore after filming himself licking a straw from an orange‑juice vending machine and returning it. The court fined him $465 and did not impose a community‑service sentence, noting mitigating factors such as his remorse and lack of public harm. The incident prompted the vending‑machine operator to replace all straws and consider redesigns to improve hygiene.
- ▪Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien admitted to licking a straw from a vending machine and posting the video online.
- ▪He was fined $465 after pleading guilty to a public nuisance charge, with prosecutors having sought a maximum fine of $1,551.
- ▪The company IJooz filed a police report, sanitized the dispenser, and replaced all 500 straws in the machine.
- ▪Immigration authorities will decide whether Maximilien can retain his student pass in Singapore.
2 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 4 hours. All of the coverage we found sits in one bucket: centre. That one-sidedness is itself worth noticing.
- ▪ Singapore fines French teen $465 for viral straw-licking stunt — BBC News — World
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