Behind the flashing cameras of premieres and award shows lies a far less glamorous spotlight: the harsh glare of a booking room camera. For some of the world’s most famous figures, a single unexpected moment led to a photo that quickly traveled around the globe, capturing them not as stars, but as suspects…Bright lights, red carpets, screaming fans, and occasionally flashing police lights. Even the world’s biggest celebrities sometimes find themselves in unexpected trouble, resulting in photos they probably never imagined taking: mugshots.From shocking scandals and youthful mistakes to headline-making arrests that dominated global news, these images capture moments when fame collided with the law. Scroll through the gallery below to see the mugshots and the stories behind them!

In 2023, history was made when U.S. President Donald Trump became the first former U.S. president ever to have a mugshot taken, and the first former or serving U.S. president to be indicted.As reported by the BBC, Trump surrendered at the Fulton County Jail in Georgia after being charged with plotting to overturn the state’s 2020 election results.The booking process lasted only about 20 minutes, but the resulting image quickly spread around the world. Although it was his first police booking photo, it was his fourth arrest in five months at that time.Trump was released after posting a $200,000 bail bond while awaiting trial. Authorities described him in booking records as a 6-foot-3 white male weighing 215 pounds with blond or strawberry hair and blue eyes, and he was assigned inmate number P01135809