Aharon Zebulun Israel Brown, the man who for years relentlessly harassed the singer Ariana Grande, including once entering her home in Los Angeles with a knife, pleaded guilty and faces three years in prison, according to the Office of the Attorney General Santa Barbara County Prosecutor. The 25-year-old man was charged with the crimes of stalking, residential burglary, and criminal threats against the singer as of 2021. In 2022, Brown was arrested by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office after breaking into the house de Grande, in addition to violating a court order and tampering with fire alarm equipment.
Raquel Zick, spokesperson for the Sheriff’s Office, reported that the defendant entered the house, deactivated the security systems with a screwdriver, and cut the alarm cables and telephone lines. The police forces who came to deal with the case found the individual hiding in a space under the house. On the day of what happened, authorities did not reveal the identity of the owner of the house, but it was later learned that the pop singer obtained a five-year restraining order against Brown in Los Angeles County in 2021.
More Than 100 Times
According to the District Attorney’s Office, the accused entered Ariana Grande’s residence more than 92 times between February and September 2021, in addition, he threatened the security team and the singer with a knife in September of that year. Authorities found evidence of multiple efforts to break into the Thank U, Next singer’s home, as she had more than 2,000 photos or videos of Ariana Grande and sent her threatening messages on Instagram between May 26, 2021, and May 26. June 2022.
Sentencing is scheduled for May 3 in Santa Barbara Superior Court before Judge Pauline Maxwell, where the defendant could face a sentence of three years and eight months and would be subject to a 10-year restriction.
This story was written in Spanish by Daniel Matute in Cultura Colectiva.
