Former 'American Idol' singer arrested on possession of child pornography charges

Benjamin Glaze, a erstwhile "American Idol" contestant champion known for being connected the receiving extremity of an unplanned buss from Katy Perry during his 2018 audition, has been arrested for alleged possession of kid intersexual maltreatment worldly successful Oklahoma. 

According to the Tulsa Police Department's Facebook page, Glaze was allegedly discovered to beryllium successful possession of kid intersexual maltreatment worldly successful April 2024, aft the Tulsa Police Sexual Predator/Digital Evidence Recovery Unit (Spider Unit) received a extremity astir alleged transgression enactment by the 26-year-old. 

"As portion of the investigations, the Spider Unit obtained a hunt warrant for Glaze’s residence," according to Tulsa Police. "During the search, a smartphone was recovered that was recovered to incorporate implicit 700 images and videos of kid intersexual maltreatment material.

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Katy Perry amazed Glaze with a buss during a 2018 occurrence of "American Idol." (ABC/Getty Images)

"On 10/18/2024, an apprehension warrant was issued for Benjamin Isaac Dewitt Glaze for Aggravated Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material. Glaze was located and arrested connected the day of 10/18/2024 by the Spider Unit and booked into the Tulsa County Jail for his warrant."

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A typical for the Tulsa Police Department did not instantly respond to Fox News Digital's petition for comment. 

In 2018, Glaze, who was 19 astatine the clip of his "Idol" audition, took his changeable successful beforehand of judges Perry, Luke Bryan and Lionel Richie. 

During his audition, Glaze mentioned that his occupation arsenic a cashier allowed him to conscionable "cute girls," to which Bryan jokingly asked if he’d kissed a miss and liked it, a motion to Perry’s celebrated popular song.

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Katy Perry was connected the singing contention amusement for 7 seasons.  (Getty Images)

"I person ne'er been successful a relationship, and I can’t buss a miss without being successful a relationship," helium said.

Perry asked him to travel implicit and springiness her a buss connected the cheek, though she wasn't wholly satisfied and asked for another. This time, Perry rapidly turned to look him and planted a astonishment buss connected Glaze. 

"Would I person done it if she said, ‘Would you buss me?’ No, I would person said no," Glaze told The New York Times. "I cognize a batch of guys would beryllium like, ‘Heck yeah!’ But, for me, I was raised successful a blimpish family, and I was uncomfortable immediately. I wanted my archetypal buss to beryllium special."

Fellow judge Bryan defended Perry astatine the time, telling "The Morning Show" the popular prima was simply "working hard" to marque "fun TV."

Perry precocious wrapped her past play connected "Idol." (Eric McCandless)

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"It’s unfortunate that worldly similar that turns into a communicative that big," the state crooner said. "I watched an existent interrogation wherever Ben, the kid that was involved, said that helium was chill with everything.

"I gotta backmost Katy connected that."