Police recognized the person arrested as Michael Branham, 48, who was taken into custody by the NYPD and charged after the menace was found on Tuesday, based on an NYPD assertion.
The menace was not deemed credible, two regulation enforcement officers say.
Branham’s first, center, final identify, and age match the individual whom Scarlett Johansson has beforehand accused of stalking in an utility for a restraining order, based on courtroom paperwork filed in California.
Court docket paperwork filed in California present {that a} decide denied that request for a restraining order on a technicality.
A consultant for Johansson declined to remark.
A assessment of social media reveals that an individual with Branham’s identify and data has made repeated and steady posts in regards to the actress, who’s married to “SNL Weekend Update” host Colin Jost.
The New York Submit first reported the menace.
Branham faces a single depend of constructing a terroristic menace.
Requests for remark from the lawyer representing the person charged in New York weren’t instantly returned.
