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Prison Bae Deported
Internet sensation and international model Jeremy Meeks, known as ‘prison bae’ for his viral mugshot, was supposed to co-host an event over the weekend — but his criminal record caused him to be deported one hour after landing.
Event organiser Jacinth Headlam says Meeks was supposed to co-host tonight’s InnaStar award ceremony. She says border control denied him entry and sent him back to the United States on the next available flight due to his criminal record.
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Cayman Compass
Celebrity co-host for Cayman InStyle Fashion Show denied entry
US model, actor and author Jeremy Meeks will not be appearing at Cayman InStyle Fashion Week this weekend after he was denied entry at the Owen Roberts International Airport on Thursday.
Meeks was scheduled to attend the annual show, which celebrates fashion, art, and music, as co-host alongside Yendi Phillips, former Miss Jamaica 2007. However, Fashion Week co-organiser Jacinth Headlam told Compass TV, at the kick-off event Thursday night, “They held him up in immigration when he landed … and because of his past … he’d done time in prison … 10 years ago, they just made an example out of him.”
Meeks, who has been nicknamed ‘prison bae’, is a convicted felon, who unexpectedly rose to fame in 2014, after his striking mugshot went viral online. He was sentenced to 27 months in prison the following year after pleading guilty to possession of weapons and ammunition, carrying a weapon in public and criminal street activity.
