Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop
No Result
View All Result
Dream Wired
No Result
View All Result
Home Gossip

New York College Student Freed After Being Sentenced To A Year In Dubai Prison For ‘Gently’ Touching Airport Security Guard’s Arm

rmtsa by rmtsa
October 6, 2023
in Gossip
0
New York College Student Freed After Being Sentenced To A Year In Dubai Prison For ‘Gently’ Touching Airport Security Guard’s Arm
74
SHARES
1.2k
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter


You might also like

Destiny’s Child’s Surprise Reunion Shatters Social Media

Is the Coach Dating Karrueche Tran? – Hollywood Life

Gal Gadot Sunbathing In Bikini Receives Unwelcome Comments

A 21-year-old New York college student has been freed after first going viral following being sentenced to a year in a Dubai prison for “gently” touching an airport security guard’s arm.

According to an advocacy group called Detained in Dubai (which provides legal assistance to foreigners in the United Arab Emirates), Elizabeth Polanco De Los Santos, the New York college student who was sentenced to a year in a Dubai prison with charges of “assaulting and insulting” an airport staff member, has had her one-year sentence commuted.

It is reported that in July, Polanco De Los Santos was traveling home from Istanbul to New York with a friend, and had a 10-hour layover at Dubai International Airport. While there, she was accused of “assaulting and insulting” an airport staff member.

RELATED: TikToker Is Reportedly Trapped In Dubai & Faces Two Years In Prison For Screaming At Car Rental Staff

Per Detained in Dubai CEO Radha Stirling, “Elizabeth was falsely accused of assaulting and insulting a customs official when she was stripped and humiliated upon entering the desert city during a transit stop.”

Stirling and her team previously reported that after Polanco De Los Santos was asked to remove a medical waist-training brace by female security officers at the airport, the officers refused to help her put it back on. She then tried to call her friend for help, but one of the airport staff members was said to be standing in her way.

RELATED: Tekashi 6ix9ine Attacked In Brawl At Soho Palm Club In Dubai, DJ Allegedly Refused To Play His Music

Subsequently, Polanco De Los Santos said she “gently touched her arm to guide her out of the way then desperately started crying to [her] friend for help.” Following the incident, the New York college student was arrested and sentenced to a year in prison.

Soon enough, news got out about Polanco De Los Santos’ case, and eventually Detained in Dubai reps stepped in and helped to get her sentence commuted. Stirling said, “The news that her sentence would be commuted was a welcome end to Elizabeth’s hellish 5 months in Dubai that left her humiliated, traumatized, and out of pocket $50,000.”

Stirling added that her organization was “thankful” for the New York college student’s release, but questioned, “Is that really a happy ending? She has been left with the scars of an incomprehensibly traumatic experience for a young student, she has lost $50,000 that she will never be compensated for. Furthermore, she’s been convicted on the basis of mere allegations, sentenced to a year’s prison, fined and deported. That in itself is a disgrace.”

RELATED: ‘Real Housewives Of Dubai’ Star Chanel Ayan Reveals She Had Forced Genital Mutilation At Age 5

On Tuesday evening (October 3), Polanco De Los Santos boarded a plane back home to New York from Dubai. Stirling confirmed that she is now back in the U.S., and told her “landed was like a dream.”

Furthermore, Stirling said that the reason Polanco De Los Santos was ultimately released is still unclear; however, she says it came after tons of pressure from the media, the U.S. Embassy, and Congressman Ritchie Torres of New York.

Stirling believes that sentencing the New York college student was a “bad PR marketing” move for the United Arab Emirates, which essentially caved to international pressure. Stirling added, “In high-profile cases like this, they just want to quickly close the case as soon as possible.”

#Socialites, be sure to check out the post below, then leave us your thoughts in a comment after!

Source





Source link

Tags: AirportArmCollegeDubaiFreedGentlyGuardsPrisonSecuritysentencedStudentTouchingyearYork
Share30Tweet19
rmtsa

rmtsa

Recommended For You

Destiny’s Child’s Surprise Reunion Shatters Social Media

by rmtsa
July 29, 2025
0
Destiny’s Child’s Surprise Reunion Shatters Social Media

Source: Julian Dakdouk Social media is STILL buzzing over Destiny’s Child‘s surprise reunion during the star-studded Cowboy Carter Tour finale which served as a fairytale ending to one...

Read more

Is the Coach Dating Karrueche Tran? – Hollywood Life

by rmtsa
July 29, 2025
0
Is the Coach Dating Karrueche Tran? – Hollywood Life

Image Credit: Getty Images Deion Sanders, a.k.a “Coach Prime” of the University of Colorado Buffaloes, had some of his loved ones by his side as he underwent bladder...

Read more

Gal Gadot Sunbathing In Bikini Receives Unwelcome Comments

by rmtsa
July 29, 2025
0
Gal Gadot Sunbathing In Bikini Receives Unwelcome Comments

Gal Gadot dropped jaws with her shredded abs as she soaked up rays poolside while bikini-clad back in 2022. In August of that year, the Wonder Woman actress displayed...

Read more

Social Media Reacts To Karrueche Seemingly Dating Coach Prime

by rmtsa
July 29, 2025
0
Social Media Reacts To Karrueche Seemingly Dating Coach Prime

Social media is buzzing over Deion Sanders, 57, and Karrueche Tran, 37, seemingly confirming their sweet somethingship amid news of the outspoken Hall of Famer’s latest health scare....

Read more

Updates on Suspect’s Identity & Situation – Hollywood Life

by rmtsa
July 29, 2025
0
Updates on Suspect’s Identity & Situation – Hollywood Life

Image Credit: AFP via Getty Images New York City locals were shocked when a shooter appeared to easily enter the Midtown high-rise 345 Park Avenue office building on...

Read more
Next Post
Heather Rae El Moussa Shades ‘Selling Sunset’ Season 7 Promo Exclusion

Heather Rae El Moussa Shades 'Selling Sunset' Season 7 Promo Exclusion

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Browse by Category

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized

CATEGORIES

  • Celebrity
  • Comics
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • Music
  • TV
  • Uncategorized
No Result
View All Result

Recent News

  • Hulk Hogan’s Ex Wife Linda Reacts to His Death, Brings Up Cheating Scandal In Tribute
  • Destiny’s Child’s Surprise Reunion Shatters Social Media
  • RHOD Alum D’Andra Simmons Reveals She Has Breast Cancer as She Opens Up About Diagnosis

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

No Result
View All Result
  • Home
  • Celebrity
  • DramaAlert
  • Gossip
  • Movie
  • TV
  • Music
  • Comics
  • Shop

Copyright © 2023 DramaWired.
DramaWired is a content aggregator and not responsible for the content of external sites.

Welcome Back!

Login to your account below

Forgotten Password?

Retrieve your password

Please enter your username or email address to reset your password.

Log In