November 15, 2022
Frankie Grande Assaulted, Robbed by 2 Teens in NYC
Kilian Melloy READ TIME: 1 MIN.
Out celeb Frankie Grande – the older half-brother of Ariana Grande – was assaulted and robbed by two teenage suspects in New York, according to TMZ.
Grande, 39, "was walking down an NYC street last week," TMZ said NYPD sources told the celebrity gossip publication, "when he got punched in the back of the head" by the two suspects, one of whom is reportedly only 13 years old. The other suspect is 17.
The pair "jacked his bag and ran off," the TMZ account added.
But the crime did not pay: The teens tried using one of Grande's credit cards at a smoke shop, Bang Showbiz detailed, at which point police swiftly located and arrested them.
The "attackers were charged on counts of assault, robbery and grand larceny," Bang Showbiz added.
This is the second time this year that the famous siblings have made headlines for being targeted by criminals, the reports noted. Last June, "Ariana's stalker broke into her house on her birthday," Bang Showbiz recalled.
"The 'Thank U, Next' hitmaker wasn't at her pad in Montecito" when the break-in occurred, the outlet said.
