Two beauty-pageant employees allegedly involved in the pepper-spraying of beauty queen Ingrid Marie Rivera’s belongings at the Nov. 24 Miss Puerto Rico contest are expected to be arrested within the coming days, say San Juan police.

Facing likely arrest are alleged backers of a rival to Rivera: the pageant’s security director and the catwalk coordinator, said police spokesman Lt. Eddie Hernandez, reports the Canadian Press.

Ingrid Marie Rivera was on The Today Show denying she lied about the pepper spray, however, on Friday, the Caribbean island’s Forensic Sciences Institute said the makeup brush and gown, delivered to police four days after the pageant, contained no traces of capsicum, pepper spray’s active ingredient.

"I guess she has a lot of explaining to do," police spokesman Stephen Alvarez said on Saturday.

Rivera said she didn’t report the pepper spray to police, but only to pageant officials because she didn’t think she had that option. Others say Ingrid is a liar, and even point out that Ingrid was a judge for Miss Universe last year, and this year she was a contestant, which is other girls perceived as unfair.

Police spokesman Stephen Alvarez went on to say that he did not want his department used for purposes of publicity, Police Superintendent Pedro Toledo said he would investigate whether anyone provided false information to his detectives, which would be a felony.

Despite facing felony charges for lying to police Rivera did win Miss Puerto Rico Universe, and says she looks forward to competing in the Miss Universe pageant in Vietnam coming up.

click the link below to see Ellen break a bottle over Ingrid’s head on her show from the other day.

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