{"id":253188,"date":"2026-01-19T22:19:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/253188\/"},"modified":"2026-01-19T22:19:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T22:19:10","slug":"artist-36-is-charged-after-little-britain-star-matt-lucas-was-stalked-and-blackmailed-by-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/253188\/","title":{"rendered":"Artist, 36, is charged after Little Britain star Matt Lucas &#8216;was stalked and blackmailed by man&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"author-section byline-plain\">By <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/profile-3514\/isaac-crowson.html\" class=\"author\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ISAAC CROWSON<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"byline-section\"> Published:  14:21 EST, 19 January 2026   |  Updated:  14:21 EST, 19 January 2026   <\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A male artist has been charged with stalking and blackmailing Little Britain star <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/tvshowbiz\/matt-lucas\/index.html\" id=\"mol-99198060-f566-11f0-8ce3-4766bb63005e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Matt Lucas<\/a>, the Daily Mail can reveal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">German-born Alijoscha Quooss, 36, who lives in <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/london\/index.html\" id=\"mol-993c4aa0-f566-11f0-8ce3-4766bb63005e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">London<\/a>, has been charged by the Crown Prosecution Service.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The <a style=\"font-weight: bold;\" target=\"_self\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/met-police\/index.html\" id=\"mol-9936a550-f566-11f0-8ce3-4766bb63005e\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Metropolitan Police<\/a> launched an investigation after comic Lucas, 51, reported Quooss to them.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Police say Quooss is understood to have now left the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">A spokesperson for the force said: &#8216;Charges have been authorised by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) against Alijoscha Quooss, 36 (05.01.90), of Cornwall Avenue, E2 for stalking and blackmail.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;Quooss failed to answer bail to be formally charged and is now understood to have left the UK. Enquiries are ongoing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">&#8216;The charges follow allegations reported to police on 26 June. Quooss was arrested the following day.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a8c769a46fd06974\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/100655115-15478277-German_born_Aljoscha_Quooss_pictured_35_who_lives_in_London_was_-a-1_176884813487.jpeg\" height=\"846\" width=\"634\" alt=\"German-born Alijoscha Quooss, 36, has been charged with stalking and blackmailing Little Britain star Matt Lucas\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">German-born Alijoscha Quooss, 36, has been charged with stalking and blackmailing Little Britain star Matt Lucas<\/p>\n<p>   <img decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-1da99c7d808538ce\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/105642677-15478277-image-a-2_1768848208979.jpg\" height=\"708\" width=\"634\" alt=\"Quooss was arrested on suspicion of blackmail, harassment and malicious communications at the end of June after Matt Lucas made a report to the Metropolitan Police.\" class=\"blkBorder img-share\" style=\"max-width:100%\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>   <\/p>\n<p class=\"imageCaption\">Quooss was arrested on suspicion of blackmail, harassment and malicious communications at the end of June after Matt Lucas made a report to the Metropolitan Police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The arrest came just three weeks after Mr Lucas failed to get a gag order against Mr Quooss at an emergency High Court hearing.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Mr Lucas, represented by a KC, was seeking an interim injunction against Quooss, who represented himself, but the judge dismissed his application.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Quooss has not been allowed to contact Mr Lucas or go near his address as part of his bail conditions.<\/p>\n<p>                    Share or comment on this article:<br \/>\n                        Artist, 36, is charged after Little Britain star Matt Lucas &#8216;was stalked and blackmailed by man&#8217;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By ISAAC CROWSON Published: 14:21 EST, 19 January 2026 | Updated: 14:21 EST, 19 January 2026 A male&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":253189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[539,93,61,60,99,126538,43],"class_list":["post-253188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-entertainment","tag-dailymail","tag-entertainment","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-london","tag-matt-lucas","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=253188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/253188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/253189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=253188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=253188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=253188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}