Ex-East 17 star Brian Harvey arrested over claims he sent ‘malicious’ tweets
90s boyband heartthrob, 43, was held by cops yesterday
FORMER East 17 frontman Brian Harvey has been arrested for allegedly sending malicious tweets.
The 90s boyband heartthrob, 43, was held by cops yesterday and taken for questioning.
Harvey sold 18 million records had a string of top ten hits as lead singer of East 17, including It's Alright which reached No3 in the charts in 1993.
But he was sacked from the band in 1997 over comments appearing to condone the use of ecstasy in the wake of the death of teen Leah Betts.
He appeared in the I'm A Celebrity jungle in 2004 but quit after a row with Janet Street-Porter.
The following year he famously almost died when he fell under the wheels of his Mercedes after gorging himself on jacket potatoes.
He recorded a bizarre song about the episode in 2015, with lyrics including: “Jacket potatoes, cheese and that. I
don’t wanna die.”
It came a month after he posted a video of himself smashing up his East 17 platinum discs in an alleyway, in what he claimed to be an attack on the music industry.
Scotland Yard said today: “The Metropolitan Police Service has received an allegation of malicious communications relating to a Twitter account.
"On Wednesday November 22, a man in his 40s was arrested on suspicion of malicious communications and has been taken to a north London police station.
"Enquiries continue."
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