French teen charged in Singapore over a vending machine straw-licking video
Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 18, was charged April 24 and hasn’t entered a plea, the city-state’s largest English-language newspaper, The Straits Times, said.
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AsiaFrench teen charged in Singapore over a vending machine straw-licking videoDidier Gaspard Owen Maximilien, 18, was charged April 24 and hasn’t entered a plea, the city-state’s largest English-language newspaper, The Straits Times, said. Listen to this article with a free account00:0000:00French teenager Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien arrives at the State Courts in Singapore on Wednesday.Roslan Rahman / AFP via Getty ImagesShareAdd NBC News to GoogleApril 30, 2026, 3:12 AM EDTBy The Associated PressKUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — A French teen is facing mischief and public nuisance charges in Singapore after posting a video on social media of himself licking a straw from an orange juice vending machine and then putting it back.Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to…
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