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The star of The Bachelor SA season 2, Marc BucknerHe claims that he was arrested for allegedly violating South African blockade regulations and fined R1 500.
Marc says he was arrested and thrown into the back of a police van on Wednesday morning while walking down the sidewalk on the way home to Cape Town after going to a store.
The reality TV star made the claim in a video posted to his personal Instagram account, where he said his backpack was searched by police and was later arrested for allegedly buying “non-essential” items.
According to Marc’s post, he was loaded into the back of a police van with the police who allegedly drove with him for an hour before finally taking him to a Cape Town police station, where he received a R1 500 fine. and he said “this is your lucky day”.
In the video, Marc, dressed in a blue cap and a gray T-shirt, denies having violated the closing rules and asked fans to comment on his situation and what he should do.
The video was no longer visible on the 36-year-old Instagram account on Friday.
M-Net, in response to a media inquiry seeking comment, said Channel24 “MultiChoice and M-Net are aware of an Instagram post in which Marc Buckner described an incident that took place after he left his home during the closing on Wednesday. Since then, the post has been removed.
“It is not MultiChoice’s policy to disclose personal information about staff or talent. The safety of all South Africans is important to us during the closing period.”
President Cyril Ramaphosa on Thursday night announced that The South African Bull Run Amid the coronavirus pandemic it would take another two weeks to help slow the spread of the virus.
During this time, South Africans can only leave their homes for essential purposes, such as buying food, seeking medical care, collecting subsidies, buying medicine or emergencies. Anyone who violates the blockade regulations faces a fine, or jail time of six months or less, News24 reports.
Police spokesman Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said Channel24 on Friday night he cannot confirm whether Marc Buckner was arrested or not, but said that if a member of the public is fined for a period of confinement and wants to contest it, they can go to court: “If you receive a J534 brief you are Well, and you feel that you have been prejudiced or feel that you were not justifiably fined, you can go to court and challenge it. ”
The Bachelor SA It continues uninterrupted with new episodes on Thursday nights on M-Net since most of the season completed filming before the national shutdown period began.
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