Man behind viral blue-black costume phantasm charged with making an attempt to kill spouse

The Scottish man who rose to fame in 2015 over his mother-in-law’s viral black-and-blue or gold-and-white dress that divided the internet is now accused of making an attempt to homicide his spouse.

Keir Johnston, 38, of the Isle of Colonsay, appeared on the Excessive Courtroom in Glasgow on Monday after being charged with the tried homicide of his spouse, Grace Johnston.

He had allegedly dedicated an 11-year marketing campaign of home violence acts and coercive management towards Grace, which allegedly led to him making an attempt to kill her final March by pinning her to the bottom and compressing her neck.

Keir denied all allegations towards him, together with that he repeatedly assaulted his spouse at their dwelling earlier than brandishing a knife and trying to strangle her.

Different allegations stemming from incidents between April 2019 and March 2022 embody allegedly pushing Grace towards a wall, shouting at her and throttling her.

He allegedly tried to get right into a automobile she was in and hit her by means of an open window, in addition to one other alleged incident the place Keir put his spouse in a headlock and dragged her out of a pub after she refused to depart with him.

Keir additionally allegedly remoted Grace from her family and friends, in addition to monitoring her cash to resolve how a lot of it she may have entry to.

The couple turned viral sensations in 2015 after their good friend and wedding ceremony visitor, Caitlin McNeill, posted an image to Tumblr of a costume Grace’s mom, Cecilia Bleasdale, wore to their wedding ceremony.

Individuals throughout the Johnstons’ shut circle declared that the costume gave the impression to be blue and black within the picture whereas others had been agency it was white and gold.

The talk additionally intrigued the web, and the garment turned merely referred to as “the costume” or “the costume that broke the web.”

Celebrities together with Kim Kardashian, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Katy Perry and Chrissy Teigen all weighed into the web dialog on how their brains processed the colours.

It was so controversial that Keir, Grace and McNeill, even appeared on the “Ellen DeGeneres Show” the place Bleasdale got here out sporting the costume that was certainly black and blue.

DeGeneres introduced the couple with a $10,000 test in addition to a visit to the Caribbean.  

The tried homicide case will get a preliminary listening to earlier than a trial in 2024.