The two American university students arrested in Denmark after an alleged dispute with an Uber driver face another obstacle abroad while trying home to the United States.
Owen Ray, a 19 -year -old who studied at the University of Miami in Ohio, and his friend, according to reports, the Danish authorities seized their passports, after their release from the prison on Monday.
“We remain deep in that the Danish authorities have confiscated their passport and will not allow him to return to the United States, and something we understand is unusual in the Danish court procedures,” Ray’s parents, Andy Ray and Sara Buchen-ray.
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Owen Ray smiles in a photograph without date. Ray and his friend were arrested at Copenhagen airport after an alleged dispute with an Uber driver while traveling for spring holidays. (Courtesy of the Ray family)
The two friends were enjoying a spring vacation trip when they called an Uber on March 31, according to Ray’s family. When the driver arrived, Ray realized that he had entered the incorrect destination direction and, according to the reports, asked to take him to a different hotel.
The driver refused to take Ray and his friend to the new location and the couple left the vehicle while canceling the trip, causing a cancellation rate, according to a family spokesman.
The couple began walking to the hotel while calling an Uber replacement. Minutes later, the original driver began after Ray and his friend, threatening to call the police and stating that he had not recovered the payment, a family spokesman told Fox News Digital.
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A screen capture shows the recipe for the alleged Uber trip that resulted in an altercation between Owen Ray, his friend and an Uber driver. The two university students have been accused of simple assault and are currently being arrested in Denmark. (Courtesy of the Ray family)
According to the reports, Ray told the driver to call the authorities, insisting that they had not done anything and that the driver was paid.
“We said:” We haven’t done anything. Mistaken. We have done nothing. “Then an altercation began with us,” Ray He told “Good Morning America” Mondays.
However, the situation, according to reports, became a physical altercation before the couple escaped and returned to their hotel.
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Passengers are received at Copenhagen-Kastrup airport by a sign that said “welcome to Copenhagen airport.” (Steffen Trumpf/Picture Alliance through Getty Images)
The next morning, Ray and his friend arrived at Copenhagen airport and were arrested by the Danish authorities. The two friends were accused of simple assault and appeared in court later that day, confirmed a Copenhagen police spokesman for Fox News Digital.
“We were both surprised by the fact that we were being arrested by this incident,” Ray said. “We hadn’t done anything wrong.”
Ray and his friend were sentenced to an initial arrest of 10 days, before the trial, since the investigation remained in Oning. However, their prayers extended sub -conventing until April 24.
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Owen Ray smiles in a photograph without date. Ray and his friend were arrested at Copenhagen airport after an alleged dispute with an Uber driver while traveling for spring holidays. (Courtesy of the Ray family)
On Monday, the friends were released after spending two weeks in a Danish prison, but they were ordered to register daily with the authorities after their passports confiscated, according to the Copenhagen Police.
“Since they are still accused in the case, it is a standard procedure to confiscate passports to the court hearing,” said a Copenhagen police spokesman for Fox News Digital.
His next judicial hearing is scheduled for April 24.
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“The facts make it clear that Owen is the victim in this case, and we urge Danish officials to allow him to return home to the United States without delay,” Ray’s parents said in a statement.
According to the reports, the incident was captured in the Dashcam of Uber Driver and has Bone entered into evidence in the case.
“The safety of all those who use the Uber application is a priority, and we take the reports of violence very seriously,” Uber said in a statement to Fox News Digital. “The driver informed Uber that he was attacked by two riders who were later arrested by the Danish police.”
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Owen Ray smiles in a photograph without date. Ray and his friend are accused of simple assault after a dispute with an Uber driver while the couple was traveling to Denmark. (Courtesy of the Ray family)
Ray’s Denmark -based lawyer did not immediately respond to the request for Fox News Digital comments.
“We are aware of the reports of the media or two American citizens detained in Denmark”, the State Department of the United States said In a statement to Fox News Digital. “The staff of our Embassy in Copenhagen is providing consular assistance. The department has no higher priority than the safety of US citizens abroad.”
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The University of Miami in Ohio did not immediately respond to the request for comments from Fox News Digital.
“I just hope that Park and the legal authorities can, and the United States government can help us and do what they can to help use Easter, so that I can be at home with my family,” Good Morning America. “
“I think the best case would be that the Danish police and the prosecutor leave the case at this time, because we are completely innocent and that our passports return us and allow us to the United States.”