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French Teen Charged Over Straw Video Allowed Manila Trip

5/1/2026

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Despite mischief and public nuisance charges, 18-year-old French student Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien was permitted to travel to Manila for a school trip from May 2-25.
He was charged after posting a video of licking and returning a juice-machine straw at a mall on March 12.
The court scheduled his next appearance for May 29.
IJooz replaced all 500 straws and said future machines will use individually packaged straws with lock-away compartments.

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Despite mischief and public nuisance charges, 18-year-old French student Didier Gaspard Owen Maximilien was permitted to travel to Manila for a school trip from May 2-25.
He was charged after posting a video of licking and returning a juice-machine straw at a mall on March 12.
The court scheduled his next appearance for May 29.
IJooz replaced all 500 straws and said future machines will use individually packaged straws with lock-away compartments.