Steve-O cited for defacing SeaWorld sign Video provocateur Steven Glover, better known as Steve-O from the “Jackass” movies and television show, has been cited with a violation of the California Vehicle Code for altering a SeaWorld Drive exit sign to read: “SeaWorld Sucks,” prosecutors said on Tuesday. The MTV star in August posted a YouTube video of himself scaling the sign on Interstate 5 near San Diego three months earlier to tape a green banner with the word “Sucks” over the word “Drive.” Glover, 40, was cited for interfering with a traffic device, an offense that is roughly equivalent in seriousness to running a stop sign, San Diego City Attorney’s spokesman Gerry Braun said. The maximum penalty is $239 plus court costs. “It is an infraction because distractions such as this can cause accidents,” Braun said. “Had anyone been injured, it is likely that Mr. Glover would have faced a misdemeanor or felony, depending on the seriousness of the injury.” Glover said in the video that he was inspired to deface the sign after seeing the movie documentary “Blackfish,” which criticizes SeaWorld’s practices in keeping killer whales in captivity for entertainment as inhumane. SeaWorld Entertainment Inc has called the documentary “inaccurate and misleading.” But the British-born [...] newsnyork/steve-o-cited-for-defacing-seaworld-sign/
Posted on: Wed, 03 Dec 2014 16:15:43 +0000
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