Blue and black or white and gold dress? The question remained unanswered for a long time. Meanwhile, the Johnston couple, who were being married that day, and whose bridesmaids wore the famous dress, were a huge success. But things have changed a lot since then. Keir Johnson has now been charged with the attempted murder of his wife, The Times reports.
The man, who like his wife, is from the Isle of Colonsay, west of Glasgow in Scotland, appeared in court on the charges in March last year. He allegedly attacked his wife multiple times before brandishing a knife and trying to strangle her.
According to the first elements that emerged during his appearance, it has been almost 11 years since the 38-year-old man made threats and assaults on his wife several times. Between April 2019 and March 2022, Johnson is accused of pushing his wife against a wall, shouting at her or strangling her.
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Facts that may have started even before they gained world fame during their marriage in 2015. It was the mother of the bride’s dress, now nicknamed “the dress that broke the internet”, that started a global debate over its true colour. Millions of Internet users saw it blue and black, others white and gold. There is a defect in the perception of colors which is not exactly the same in everyone.
At the peak of the event, the couple had seen nearly 11,000 tweets per minute, under the hashtag “#thedress”, The Times reported. Celebrities such as Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Justin Bieber or Taylor Swift also took part in the debate. Grace and Keir Johnson were invited to the American show The Ellen DeGeneres Show. Key: $10,000 and a trip to Granada in exchange for revealing the costume’s true colors: blue and black.
Eight years later, the couple find themselves in court. As of now, the groom has denied all the charges of assault and attempt to murder against him. The matter was sent back for fresh hearing with a view to 2024. The height of the story, the famous costume was used in a campaign against domestic violence at the time.