Julia Fox.
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Julia Fox’s dad, Thomas Fox, and brother, Christopher Fox, have been arrested in New York Metropolis.
Their arrests got here after a raid at their Higher East Aspect residence for alleged possession of ghost weapons and proof of narcotics manufacturing, People studies.
Ghost weapons are “unserialised and untraceable firearms that may be purchased on-line and assembled at house,” per Brady: United, a US nonprofit advocating for gun management.
An NYPD spokesperson tells Individuals authorities discovered ghost gun elements on the residence, chemical substances used for manufacturing and gear for urgent narcotic capsules, and stress cookers and different supplies generally utilized in constructing explosives.
“At the moment, the matter is believed to be contained, with no obvious nexus to terrorism. The NYPD will proceed to struggle relentlessly towards unlawful weapons — towards each the regular proliferation of traditionally-manufactured firearms and the more and more prevalent numbers of unlawful, untraceable however totally functioning weapons referred to as ghost weapons.”
— NYPD
Fox’s dad has since been launched with out expenses, whereas her brother stays in custody.
Fox, who famously, although briefly, dated Kanye West, has beforehand opened up about her “unstable” upbringing telling Highsnobiety her father is “like, a seventh-generation New Yorker… He is out of his thoughts” whereas describing her brother as “like a mad scientist recluse”.
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