Julia Fox's brother was sentenced to more than a year behind bars on gun possession Wednesday. The father pleaded with the court to lock his “harmless” son in place and “not wasting taxpayer dollars.”
31-year-old Christopher Fox pleaded guilty to criminal possession of a weapon in December last year for creating a ghost gun with a 3D printer inside his parents' apartment on the Upper East Side, 1 1/3 He was sentenced to four years in prison.
His father, Thomas, questioned the Supreme Court of Manhattan whether it would make sense to burn taxpayer dollars and lock his son up.
“He's a harmless person, not a threat to society, and he's never sold guns or drugs, so spending on him is a waste of taxpayer money,” Thomas follows Kori Weston's ruling. I said that.
Fox, the brother of the “uncut gem” star, said in March 2023, after authorities found numerous 3D printed parts for the gun that contained enough parts to assemble an offensive weapon-style rifle. prosecutors said he was arrested.
However, his father argued that Christopher, who swapped the usual case with a comfortable sweat in court appearances, was “no threat to society” and was simply making the gun part out of boredom.
“It was an engineering challenge,” the father insisted, adding that Christopher is “dedicated” to crafting gloves to help shake up a patient with Parkinson's disease after his arrest.
“I said [Christopher] Of all the things you want to redesign, did you not have the choice of something else? ” he added.
Julia, who once wore one of her famous tie outfits to a previous court appearance, was not present Wednesday.
The writer and performer once dated controversial rapper Kanye West in 2022 before the couple split after less than two months.
Christopher's attorney Julie Rendelman declined to comment after the lawsuit.
