Subscribe to Mstars News!
Sign up for our weekly news updates by entering your email:
According to numerous eyewitness reports, the boys of One Direction and their entourage allegedly ran three red lights during somewhat of a car chase in Perth, Australia, this week. The boys' spokesperson denies these claims, but fans of the Midnight Memories pop stars have been recounting their own personal stories and Australian police are saying the same thing. It looks like this leg of the "Take Me Home" tour has gotten a bit hectic for Niall Horan, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, Liam Payne and Zayn Malik!
According to one fan, Ben Blakely, One Direction and the fans were all part of a car chase, running three red lights.
"It was the whole Princess Di thing," he said. "Everyone was speeding and running red lights except us and one other car because my friend's mum was driving. She was, like, having a nervous breakdown."
According to other fans that were part of this incident, the bodyguards of the boy band were pretty obstructive when it came to collecting evidence of the car chase and troublesome events. Apparently, they leaned into the vehicles of the fans involved and took photographs of license plates and drivers.
"They were just rude," agitated One Direction fan Eve Michele said. "I was shocked by their behavior. That's just not right. They're guests in our country and they think they can treat us like this. I'm put off trying to meet them ever again."
One Direction's spokesperson stated: "The only time they have gone through red lights is under a police escort and this was done in Adelaide."
He added: "They did indeed pull over at a petrol station, where upon they spoke to the fans explaining concerns about their safety and dangerous driving. The convoy stopped so that One Direction's security team could ask fans to obey road rules after becoming concerned about their dangerous driving which ended in two fans running red lights. The primary focus of the security team is always fan safety."
Meanwhile, West Australian Police Commissioner Nick Anticich said, "This would be unacceptable behavior - rock stars or not. If it breaches the law we will deal with every person in the same way. By virtue of the fact that they are rock stars is no license to break any laws or be any different from anyone else. One Direction they may be, but the only direction in relation to this type of offending would be to the courts."
Hopefully this issue gets worked out soon.
Check out this video of the One Direction boys trying out their Australian accents on stage:
