An Air Force veteran turned social media influencer has been jailed along with his brother in Dubai for violating the United Arab Emirates’ draconian laws on alcohol.
Joseph and Joshua Lopez say they’d been invited to two separate parties, one of which took place on a yacht, during a night out earlier in June. According to Detained in Dubai, a group committed to helping those who find themselves on the wrong side of the UAE’s strict legal system, the pair claim they were given laced drinks before being handed a massive tab of several thousand dollars for platters of food they hadn’t ordered.
Following their arrest, the organization says it’s reached out to a number of Ohio representatives—including Donald Trump’s running mate, Senator JD Vance—in hopes a “diplomatic intervention” might see the brothers returned safely to the U.S.
