A British man arrested for allegedly attempting to marry a 9-year-old woman at Disneyland Paris for a sick social media stunt is a identified pedophile wished by UK authorities, prosecutors mentioned.
The 39-year-old man — who was slapped with a slew of costs Tuesday over what could have been a sick social media stunt — has beforehand been convicted of kid intercourse offenses within the UK, Agence France-Presse reported.
The British nationwide, whose id is being withheld because of authorized causes, is presently “wished in his nation for failing to adjust to the obligations of the British intercourse offenders register,” Jean-Baptiste Bladier, the Meaux prosecutor, mentioned.
Particulars of his rap sheet emerged after authorities nabbed him for allegedly posing because the “groom” through the wedding ceremony ceremony on the fashionable amusement park on Saturday.
Authorities mentioned the park had been booked out for the marriage — at a reported price of $150,000 — however involved Disneyland workers rapidly pulled the pin once they realized the “bride” was a 9-year-old Ukrainian woman.
The “scared and confused” little woman was noticed sporting a marriage costume and 5-inch heels “taped to her toes” when she confirmed as much as the park, Le Parisien reported.
Authorities later believed the marriage was a stunt being filmed for social media.
The British “groom” was arrested alongside a 24-year-old Latvian lady posing because the bride’s sister, the little woman’s 41-year-old mother and a 55-year-old Latvian man who was recruited to be concerned within the ceremony, authorities mentioned.
The faux groom and his co-conspirators had allegedly blasted out a web based advert within the lead as much as recruit wedding ceremony visitors to participate within the stunt — together with 200 adults and 100 youngsters between the ages 5 and 15.
The employed visitors have been allegedly informed they have been being paid to participate in a high-end wedding ceremony rehearsal.
“All of us thought we have been going to attend a marriage … Everybody was surprised, nobody anticipated it,” one of many employed extras informed the French outlet.
Prosecutors mentioned the Ukrainian baby, who had solely simply arrived in France previous to the saga, wasn’t subjected to any violence because of the twisted ordeal.
“The investigations, together with the medical examination of the minor, a Ukrainian nationwide, confirmed that she had not been subjected to any violence or coercive acts,” the prosecutor’s workplace mentioned.
Disneyland Paris acknowledged they accepted cost for the occasion however “instantly cancelled” it when the “identification of serious irregularities” got here to gentle.
The British man, who stays in custody, has been charged with fraud, breach of belief, cash laundering and id theft.
