A former “American Idol” contestant who went viral for kissing Katy Perry throughout his audition for the competitors present has been arrested on baby pornography prices, authorities in Oklahoma mentioned Friday.
The investigation into Glaze started in April 2024, after the division’s Sexual Predator/Digital Proof Restoration Unit acquired a tip about potential “criminal activity” involving the suspect.
“The report indicated that Mr. Glaze had possession of child sexual abuse material,” officers mentioned.
After police obtained a search warrant for his residence, investigators recovered his smartphone, which was mentioned to comprise the illicit photographs.
Glaze was arrested Friday and booked into Tulsa County Jail. He has since been launched on a $50,000 bond, TMZ reported.
Glaze made nationwide headlines some six years in the past after he was briefly kissed on the lips by popstar Katy Perry throughout his audition for “American Idol.” Perry, identified for hits together with “I Kissed a Girl and I Liked It,” served as a choose for the singing competitors from 2018 by means of 2024.
Throughout his audition, when the aspiring musician was requested if he had ever kissed a lady, he mentioned he hadn’t as a result of he’d ”by no means been in a relationship” and couldn’t kiss a lady with out being in a single.
That’s when Perry motioned for him to come back over to the choose’s desk and jokingly kissed him on the lips.
Whereas the then-19-year-old “Idol” hopeful didn’t advance within the competitors, the scene shortly went viral.
Talking with the New York Occasions shortly after the episode aired, Glaze mentioned the kiss made him really feel “uncomfortable immediately.”
“I was raised in a conservative family,” he mentioned. “I wanted my first kiss to be special.”
Initially Revealed: October 21, 2024 at 12:20 p.m.
