“Jackass” star Steve-O was charged with a slew of misdemeanors for an anti-SeaWorld stunt where he climbed atop a crane and shot off fireworks in Hollywood.
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Steve-O, real name Stephen Glover, was arrested on August. 9 in Los Angeles after climbing a 100-foot crane over Sunset Boulevard with an inflatable whale in protest of SeaWorld.
In accordance to US gossip web site TMZ, the L.A. City Lawyer has charged him with making a false emergency, use of unregistered fireworks, storing & possession of fireworks with out allow, & trespassing.
Prosecutors are working with police and fire department officials to determine how much restitution will be sought, Meteljan said Tuesday. The stuntman live-streamed the entire stunt online.
Fire crews responded around 8 p.m. that evening to 6094 W. Selma Ave. on a report of a person threatening to jump.
He is scheduled to appear in court Monday.
She said resources were stretched thin because firefighters were called around the same time to rescue the operator of a harbor crane who was stricken with a medical emergency.
“For God’s sake, get a pair of binoculars”, he said. “(With binoculars), you’d be able to recognize, “Hey, that’s Steve-O filming himself with an inflatable killer whale” after he had posted that he was gonna do that to millions and millions”.
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He was previously cited in December for adding the word “Sucks” to a freeway sign for SeaWorld outside San Diego.
