One in every of Scarlett Johansson’s alleged stalkers has been arrested after threatening to bomb her husband, Colin Jost’s office, i.e., Saturday Evening Dwell.
A 48-year-old man with a ‘Scarlett’ tattoo on his chest, named Michael Joseph Branham, was busted on Wednesday in Manhattan for mass hurt threats and false reporting, in line with The Impartial.
Courtroom paperwork state that Branham had despatched threatening texts to his on-line college, which NBC Common later obtained and forwarded to NYPD. As per the New York Submit, he wrote, “THE NEXT TIME YOU HEAR [sic] FROM ME, I WILL BE ON CNN FOR EXPLODING A BOMB IN THE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE AUDIENCE.”
Authorities arrested Branham, the daddy of two daughters, shortly thereafter. He was being held on $100,000 money or a $300,000 bond throughout his Thursday night arraignment in Manhattan felony courtroom.
Branham has beforehand proven indicators of obsessive habits in the direction of Johansson and has a reported chest tattoo of a sensible coronary heart and the title “Scarlett.”
The primary reported altercation between Branham and Johansson was in 2023, when the Avengers actress requested a restraining order in opposition to him. He had reportedly proven up at her home uninvited a number of instances and posted unusual statements about her on-line. He additionally claimed to be the daddy of one among her kids.
In one among them, he known as Johansson his fiancée and publicly thanked her for buying a automobile for him. He wrote on X, “Thanks a lot, my fiancee, #SCARLETTJOHANSSON for purchasing me a automobile !!!! You are the very best girl ever in my life, even earlier than to procure me this automobile! I like you stunning!!!!”
In November 2023, he additionally posted, “Don’t fear about something #SCARLETTINGRIDJOHANSSON I nonetheless haven’t cheated on you, it doesn’t matter what the mind interface individuals inform you within the air waves!!! I like you honey I’m ready for you continue to in Hollywood.”
Colin Jost, who co-hosts Saturday Evening Dwell’s Weekend Replace section, received married to Scarlett Johansson in 2020, three years after they began courting. They share a son, Cosmo, whom the couple welcomed in 2021, in addition to a daughter, Rose Dorothy, 10, from Johansson’s earlier marriage.
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