Air Force vet Joseph Lopez, brother Joshua, who were drugged during Dubai yacht party, speak out as they’re freed from UAE jail, land in US — with help from JD Vance

NY Post ^ | 25 Sept 2024 | Richard Pollina

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The US airman-turned-social media influencer and his brother — sentenced to jail in Dubai last month after claiming they were lured and drugged at a yacht party — were freed from prison Tuesday, putting an end to the siblings’ four-month “nightmare.”

Joseph and Joshua Lopez arrived home in their native Ohio, Detained in Dubai, an organization dedicated to helping people facing legal issues in the United Arab Emirates, announced late Tuesday...

Detained in Dubai thanked Ohio Senator and Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance for his “help and support” in ensuring the brothers’ safe return....

Vance had been in “constant communication with the State Department, the Embassy of the United Arab Emirates in the United States and the constituents’ family” and was “monitoring the as-yet-unresolved legal proceedings carefully,” a spokesperson for former President Donald Trump’s 2024 running mate told Fox News in August....

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Background: "Police charged the brothers with assaulting an officer, resisting arrest, damaging a patrol vehicle, and alcohol consumption...They had bonded out but were given a travel ban preventing them from returning to the US....Late last month, the Lopez brothers were both sentenced to one month in jail for alcohol consumption while on a “tourist visit to the Emirates”

[lee martell]

They are very lucky to have gotten out after a few months, vs years. It seems quite easy for any Westerner to “get in trouble” while in Dubai.

[ansel12]

Look at the photos in the article.

[Justa]

I’ve spent a few weeks there over several vacations and business trips. It’s a party zone but self-restraint is still expected. A good guide is if the locals aren’t doing it, you probably shouldn’t.

[Uncle Miltie]

Never visit a muslim country.

[blueplum]

I guess they must have a double-standard for ‘tourist visa’ folks - alcohol is served at all of the top nightclubs and at hotel bars to anyone over 21 (or 25 for some establishments), but these young men got 30 days for ‘alcohol consumption on a tourist visa”.

[lee martell]

Dubai is not the place to go Beavis & Butthead.

[Justa]

They possibly consumed alcohol outside of an establishment.

[yldstrk]

Don’t venture to those Arab countries.

[RWGinger]

Took your suggestion to look at photos.
Those dudes are lucky. Need to grow up

[subterfuge]

I looked at the pics. What about them?