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‘Teen Mom 3’ star’s ex charged with posting explicit images

ORLANDO, Fla.

The ex-boyfriend of a star of MTV’s “Teen Mom 3” has been charged with posting sexually explicit images on social media sites.

Shakiel Brown was charged Tuesday with felony video voyeurism and released on bond Thursday in Orlando. Authorities say he posted the images of 20-year-old Briana DeJesus after she refused to speak to him after their breakup.

DeJesus told authorities she had no idea Brown had posted the videos on Instagram and Twitter. Orange County deputies say the videos were recorded during consensual sex.

The Orlando Sentinel reports that the videos have since been removed from his social media accounts.

Jail records didn’t list an attorney to reach for comment about Brown’s case.

Zayn Malik says he worries he’s let fans down by leaving 1D

LONDON

Zayn Malik says he worries that he’s let down One Direction fans by leaving the world-conquering boy band, but couldn’t carry on in a role that made him unhappy.

Malik quit the group this week, saying he wanted “to be a normal 22-year-old.” He earlier had pulled out of One Direction’s world tour, citing stress.

He told Friday’s edition of Britain’s Sun newspaper that “I did try to do something that I wasn’t happy doing for a while” to keep fans happy.

“I only ever tried to do it for the fans, and it was only ever for them,” he said.

He said he felt upset that “I may have let them down in some sort of way.”

“It’s not that I’ve turned my back on them or anything, it’s just that I can’t do that anymore because it’s not real to me,” he said.

And he said his bandmates had been “really supportive” of his decision.

One Direction formed in 2010 after five teenagers — Harry Styles, Liam Payne, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson and Malik — auditioned individually for the British TV talent show “The X Factor.” Simon Cowell had the idea of putting them together as a boy band.

They didn’t win the competition, but they went on to top charts and win young hearts around the world.

The four remaining members say they will carry on as One Direction.

Associated Press