Tierra Young Allen, an influencer from Texas, is still stuck in Dubai and facing two years in prison for yelling at a car rental business employee.
Indeed, the 29-year-old woman was arrested last May after an altercation at the company’s offices, according to the DailyMail.
The influencer was involved in a minor accident with the rental vehicle, after which the car in question had to be impounded along with her phone and credit cards.
Upon her return to the rental agency, the influencer claims that she was asked for an unexpected sum in order to recover her personal belongings.
She defended herself with the employee who demanded this amount of money, resulting in a quarrel requiring the intervention of the police.
The one who is nicknamed Sassy Trucker on social media has had her passport confiscated by the authorities.
After being detained for an unknown length of time, she was released, but is still unable to retrieve her passport.
The trucker and influencer is however not her first visit to Dubai.
Her mother, Tina Baxter, says her daughter was with a friend when she was arrested.
The influencer receives help from Detained in Dubai, a non-profit organization that helps US citizens detained in Dubai.
The organization’s president said in a statement:
“Tierra and her family have been through hell, and they have no idea what the outcome will be and when they might be reunited.
Just recently, two Americans agreed to pay impound fees to a car rental agency, just to collect their passports and get home.
If they didn’t pay, they would still be here, maybe in jail.”