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Scarlett Johansson's stalker was arrested aft allegedly threatening to weaponry the SNL studios wherever her hubby Colin Jost works.
Michael Joseph Branham, 48, was arrested connected Wednesday successful New York City aft helium allegedly texted his assemblage wherever he's enrolled: 'THE NEXT TIME YOU HERE [sic] FROM ME I WILL BE ON CNN FOR EXPLODING A BOMB IN SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AUDIENCE,' the transgression complaint, viewed by the New York Post, said.
NBC Universal and 30 Rock - wherever the amusement is filmed - reported the connection to the NYPD, constabulary sources told The Post.
Branham - who has a ample bosom tattoo with Johansson's sanction written crossed it - was arrested for being a menace and his 'personal obsession' with the Marvel actress, prosecutors said.
He was arraigned connected Thursday connected felony charges of mendacious reporting an incidental and making a menace of wide harm.
His bail was acceptable astatine $100,000 currency oregon $300,000 enslaved bail, contempt his nationalist defender, Jamie Alexander Niskanen-Singer, arguing it should lower.
The lawyer argued successful tribunal that Branham had been scammed by radical posing arsenic the Fly Me to the Moon prima and the scammers could beryllium the ones down the attack, The Post reported.
'He has fixed retired information. He whitethorn person been hacked, your honor,' Niskanen-Singer told the judge. 'It’s precise imaginable present that determination is idiosyncratic that is mounting him up.'
Michael Joseph Branham, 48, was arrested connected Wednesday successful New York City aft helium allegedly texting his university: 'THE NEXT TIME YOU HERE [sic] FROM ME I WILL BE ON CNN FOR EXPLODING A BOMB IN SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AUDIENCE,' the transgression ailment said
Branham - who has a ample bosom tattoo with Scarlett's sanction written crossed it - was arrested for being a menace and his 'personal obsession' with the Marvel actress, prosecutors said
NBC Universal and 30 Rock - wherever the amusement is filmed - reported the connection to the NYPD, constabulary sources told The Post. Johansson had antecedently tried to get a restraining bid against Braham, but was denied erstwhile she was incapable to service him the paperwork
DailyMail.com has reached retired to Branham's lawyer for comment.
Judge Janet McDonnell denied the request, reminding the lawyer that Branham had 'threatened to weaponry Saturday Night Live, which is simply a convulsive bail qualifying offense.'
McDonnell went a measurement further and gave some Johansson and Jost orders of extortion against Branham, despite Niskanen-Singer saying it was unnecessary since the mates did not witnesser the crime, The Post reported.
Johansson had antecedently tried to get a restraining bid against Braham aft helium showed up to her location successful November 2023 and claimed to person fathered 1 of her children.
He had besides allegedly near a fig of letters and children's toys extracurricular Johansson's mansion. The notes helium is said to person near besides saw the alleged stalker explicit his privation to conscionable Cosmo and walk clip with him arsenic his father.
The histrion was denied the restraining bid after she was incapable to service Brahman the papers.
Branham, who has 4 warrants successful Kentucky, has posted astir the Lucy histrion connected his societal media pages respective times.
He posted a bid of photos connected March 30, with the caption: "Where americium I?" The photos indicated that helium was successful New York City.
Branham, who has 4 warrants successful Kentucky, has posted astir the Lucy histrion connected his societal media pages respective times
A week prior, helium posted adjacent up photos of his eyes, claiming helium went to the FBI bureau successful New York and agents told him 'they person had power implicit my cameras successful my eyes and they perceive everything successful my head.
'#SCARLETTINGRIDJOHANSSON I LOVE YOU HONEY!!!!'
He besides posted astir buying a caller weapon 4 days earlier his travel to the Big Apple.
On his X account, helium posted successful June 2023 that helium would beryllium successful NYC 'soon' and that him and Johansson 'will person a large time, we conscionable gotta get past this game.'
He besides told the histrion she looked bully successful concern attire and thanked for her 'buying maine a car!!!!'
'You're the champion pistillate ever successful my life, adjacent earlier you bought maine this car!' helium wrote successful December 2021. 'I emotion you, beautiful!!!!'
The aforesaid day, helium wrote: 'Don't interest astir thing [Johansson] I inactive person not cheated connected you nary substance what the encephalon interface radical archer you successful the aerial waves!!! I emotion you chromatic I'm waiting for you inactive successful Hollywood.'
On his LinkedIn, helium besides claimed to beryllium 'Scarlett Johansson's Fiancée [sic].'
Brahman is expected backmost successful tribunal connected April 8.
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