--- title: "\"I knew I would wake up famous\": Vlada Rogovenko comments on her detention in the US for the first time" description: "Ukrainian blogger Vlada Rogovenko commented on her detention in Florida for the first time: she called the incident a restaurant argument and explained her ICE custody by expired documents. Her three children are with her mother." date: 2026-10-20T15:43:31.375Z lang: en url: https://xab.info/en/posts/vlada-rogovenko-detention-usa tags: [vlada-rogovenko, usa-detention, ukrainian-blogger, ice, florida] author: "Inna Kinsheva" publisher: "XAB.info" --- # "I knew I would wake up famous": Vlada Rogovenko comments on her detention in the US for the first time ![Ukrainian blogger Vlada Rogovenko with close ones and a newborn baby in a bright room](https://xab.info/media/2026/10/20/vlada-rogovenko-zaderzanie-ssha/vlada-rogovenko-zaderzanie-ssha-1.webp) ## Key Points - Vlada Rogovenko was detained in Florida: the incident dates back to October 11, with the Sunrise police detention on October 12; documents indicate a suspicion of domestic violence and immigration custody. - The blogger explained the conflict as a restaurant dispute while intoxicated, claiming the case was closed within a day and she was subsequently transferred to ICE due to expired documents. - Rogovenko's three children are staying with her mother, who is helping to take care of them. - The blogger's friends (Vlada Thompson, Stasya Makeyeva) urged subscribers not to jump to conclusions or disclose details without Rogovenko's explicit permission. Ukrainian blogger and participant of the show "Vid patsanky do panyanky" Vlada Rogovenko has spoken out publicly for the first time following reports of her detention in the United States. According to data released on October 20, the incident took place on October 11 in Florida, and the next day the police in the city of Sunrise detained the blogger. In documents reviewed by American resources, she appears under the surname Kolesnichenko; the records indicate a suspicion related to domestic violence, as well as federal immigration custody. ### "I knew I would wake up famous" After the news of the detention spread through the media, Rogovenko recorded a video message reacting with irony to the sudden attention directed at her person. "I straight up knew I would wake up famous. I just didn't realize how much," she said. The blogger promised to share details about all the circumstances later, and for now limited herself to a brief explanation of how, according to her, events unfolded. ### The blogger's version: from a restaurant argument to being handed over to ICE According to Rogovenko, the conflict began after she published a video on her Telegram channel in which she spoke emotionally about relationships. Then the father of her child came to the restaurant to "sort things out." "We were talking there on a very high tone, and someone from the staff apparently called the police," the blogger explained, acknowledging that at the time both were in a state of alcohol intoxication. According to her statement, the police took her in to clarify the circumstances, and the case itself was closed within a single day. Further detention, according to Rogovenko's version, is no longer connected to the restaurant incident, but to immigration issues. She stated that after the proceedings concluded, she was handed over to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) because the validity of her documents, as she claims, expired about a year ago. "The case was closed, and I was handed over to ICE because my documents had expired a year ago," the blogger said. At the same time, she did not report whether American authorities made any decision regarding her further stay in the country, and merely hinted that she hopes to be released soon. ### What is known about the children Separately, Rogovenko addressed subscribers who were worried about her three children. According to her, they are all staying with her mother, who is helping to care for them. The blogger confessed that she was most worried about the potential separation of the children from the family: "Thank God that my mother is here and my children are with her now." She suggested that in the absence of a mother, social services might have taken the children, which would have been a severe psychological ordeal for them, and added that the family constantly stays in touch with their relatives via video calls. ### Reaction of the entourage After reports of the detention appeared, questions from subscribers also started pouring in for Rogovenko's friends. Blogger Vlada Thompson urged followers on Instagram Stories not to jump to conclusions; it was on her page that Rogovenko's video message later appeared, though the recording was subsequently deleted. The blogger's godmother, Stasya Makeyeva, published screenshots of numerous subscriber messages and stressed that she did not consider it right to publicly disclose details of someone else's situation without Rogovenko's permission. Makeyeva also criticized Telegram channels that spread details of the detention and suggested that the information could have been leaked to outsiders from the inner circle, without providing evidence. ## Accounts differ ### Nature of the incident and basis for detention - **American documents (according to Styler):** The records indicate a suspicion related to domestic violence and federal immigration custody; the blogger appears under the surname Kolesnichenko ([styler.rbc.ua](https://styler.rbc.ua/ukr/people/ya-znala-shcho-prokinusya-populyarnoyu-vlada-1792509674.html)) - **Vlada Rogovenko:** The incident was a dispute in a restaurant while both parties were intoxicated, the case was closed in one day, after which she was transferred to ICE due to expired documents ([styler.rbc.ua](https://styler.rbc.ua/ukr/people/ya-znala-shcho-prokinusya-populyarnoyu-vlada-1792509674.html)) *Where they agree:* The blogger was detained in Florida and is being held in federal immigration custody ## Fact-Check & Sources - ["Я знала, что проснусь популярной": Влада Роговенко прокомментировали свое задержание в США](https://styler.rbc.ua/ukr/people/ya-znala-shcho-prokinusya-populyarnoyu-vlada-1792509674.html) - Primary source: date and location of the incident (October 11–12, Florida, Sunrise), document wording (suspicion of domestic violence, immigration custody, surname Kolesnichenko), quotes from the blogger's video message and friends' reactions. ## FAQ ### When and where was Vlada Rogovenko detained? According to published data, the incident occurred on October 11 in Florida, and she was detained by the Sunrise police on October 12. ### Why, according to the blogger, did she end up in immigration detention? Rogovenko claims that the conflict case was closed in a single day, after which she was handed over to ICE because her documents had expired about a year ago. ### Where are Rogovenko's children right now? According to her, all three children are with her mother, who helps care for them; the family maintains contact via video calls.