Laine Hardy has been arrested. The 21-year-old singer, who won season 17 of American Idol, had a warrant out against him on Thursday and he spoke out in response to the news.
Now, Laine is currently in police custody and the reason why has been revealed. Click inside to read more… NBC News reports that Laine was accused of bugging his ex-girlfriend’s dorm room.
He was arrested on the “charge of interception and disclosure of wire, electronic or oral communication.” The ex-girlfriend discovered the listening device in her dorm room on April 7 and called the police. “The victim stated that after googling the device she learned it to be a VR-500 Voice Activated Recorder,” the warrant states. “The victim reported that she believes the person whom left the record there to be her ex-boyfriend/Defendant (Laine Hardy.)” The ex says that she dated Laine from November 2021 through February 2022. Laine was booked into the East Baton Rouge Parish Prison in Louisiana.
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