Current:Home > MyEx-'Jackass’ star Bam Margera will spend six months on probation after plea over family altercation -CapitalCourse
Ex-'Jackass’ star Bam Margera will spend six months on probation after plea over family altercation
View
Date:2025-04-13 21:08:36
WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) —
Former “Jackass” star Bam Margera will spend six months on probation after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct Wednesday over an altercation at his home near Philadelphia.
Margera, 44, had been charged with assaulting his brother and making threats to other family members during what the brother called a “frightening and unpredictable” two-week visit home last year.
The plea ends a long legal case that spun out of his stay at the Chester County home known as Castle Bam. At a hearing last year, Margera told the judge he was getting drug and alcohol treatment.
Jess Margera, at the same court hearing, called his brother “a good dude when he’s not messed up” but said he had exhibited troubling behavior for two decades and, while home, had been awake for days. Jess Margera suffered a ruptured eardrum in the altercation, while Margera’s girlfriend called police when he kicked in her bedroom door, the brother testified.
Defense lawyer William J. Brennan said Margera pleaded guilty to two summary offenses, and is now clean, sober and productive a year after the arrest.
“You can really say he won his case before today just by turning his life around,” Brennan said Wednesday.
veryGood! (29945)
Related
- Federal Spending Freeze Could Have Widespread Impact on Environment, Emergency Management
- Israeli woman learned of grandmother's killing on Facebook – after militant uploaded a video of her body
- USADA announces end of UFC partnership as Conor McGregor re-enters testing pool
- IMF sees economic growth in the Mideast improving next year. But the Israel-Hamas war poses risks
- Military service academies see drop in reported sexual assaults after alarming surge
- Watching the world premiere of 'Eras Tour' movie with Taylor Swift felt like a dance party
- Which states gained the most high-income families, and which lost the most during the pandemic
- By The Way, Here's That Perfect T-Shirt You've Been Looking For
- Federal hiring is about to get the Trump treatment
- An Israeli jewelry designer described as ‘the softest soul’ has been abducted, her family says
Ranking
- Juan Soto praise of Mets' future a tough sight for Yankees, but World Series goal remains
- New York officer fatally shoots man in fencing mask who charged police with 2 swords, police say
- Early morning storms prompt tornado warnings, damage throughout Florida
- Maps and satellite images reveal Gaza devastation as Israel retaliates for Hamas attack
- Google unveils a quantum chip. Could it help unlock the universe's deepest secrets?
- Judge to hear arguments from TikTok and content creators who are challenging Montana’s ban on app
- UEFA postpones Israel’s game in Kosovo in European qualifying because players cannot travel abroad
- Exclusive: Cable blackout over 24 hours? How an FCC proposal could get you a refund.
Recommendation
Justice Department, Louisville reach deal after probe prompted by Breonna Taylor killing
Man being sued over Mississippi welfare spending files his own suit against the governor
Taylor Swift Shares Sweet Moment With Adam Sandler and His Daughters at Enchanting Eras Film Premiere
Don’t mess with this mama bear: Grazer easily wins popular Fat Bear Contest at Alaska national park
Moving abroad can be expensive: These 5 countries will 'pay' you to move there
'Laugh now, cry later'? Cowboys sound delusional after 49ers racked up points in rout
Researchers find fossils of rare mammal relatives from 180 million years ago in Utah
UN suspends and detains 8 peacekeepers in Congo over allegations of sexual exploitation