Lots of folks probably wish they were Nicki Minaj, but sometimes a little wishful thinking can lead to big problems. According to the Belfast Telegraph , a man in Northern Ireland was sentenced to serve four months in jail after repeatedly calling his area’s emergency services number and claiming he is the acclaimed recording artist. The aforementioned news outlet’s account of the situation refers to the man’s claims as a “hoax,” but any precise intent behind his actions is complicated by the outlandishness of his additional statements, which include a claim that he was being haunted by a “poltergeist.”
The defendant, 24-year-old Stephen Brown, had been previously admonished by the court for misusing emergency services and had been ordered to abide by an “Anti-Social Behavior Order (ASBO)” that banned him from making false calls. The instant offense resulted on Christmas Day when Brown made two false alarms within five minutes via the phone service.
“During the first call he claimed two men were making threats to kill him but was too intoxicated to provide more information.”
“A prosecutor said he rang again saying he wanted to cancel the first call and during the second call he also claimed to be U.S. pop star Nicki Minaj and said there was a poltergeist in his house.”
For his part, Stephen Brown has advised the Court that he is aware that he has a problem with alcohol and has requested treatment as opposed to incarceration. In a related report via the New York Daily News , Brown was quoted as saying that he is “his own worst enemy.”
The Court took Brown’s alleged abuse of the emergency services system very seriously, noting that the resources of first responders are stretched very thin nowadays. Judge Desmond Marrinan advised Brown that his hijinks were preventing police from responding to genuine life and death matters.
Nicki Minaj has not publicly commented on the matter of her impersonator although it’s widely known that she doesn’t take well to people who goof on her. Just last week, the diva publicly called out rival singer Miley Cyrus during the Video Music Awards telecast over some disparaging remarks made by Miley in the press. During an intense confrontation, Minaj yelled out, “Miley, what’s good?” and then shot a menacing look towards the VMA hostess. Better steer clear of that phone for a while, Stephen Brown.
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