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Bam Margera has pleaded responsible to 2 counts of disorderly conduct within the wake of an altercation with members of the family.
Consequently, the previous Jackass star, 44, will serve six months’ probation, The Related Press reported on Wednesday, June 26, the day of Margera’s court docket listening to in West Chester, Pennsylvania.
Margera, who has lengthy struggled with substance abuse, had been charged with assaulting his older brother, Jess Margera, and threatening others in his household in April 2023.
Jess, current at Wednesday’s listening to, had beforehand testified about his “horrifying and unpredictable” expertise with Margera, “an excellent dude when he’s not tousled.” Margera, he stated, had not slept in days when he struck Jess within the face and left him with a ruptured eardrum. In accordance to the AP, he stated that Margera, offended a few textual content suggesting that he get psychological well being remedy, had kicked in his girlfriend’s bed room door.
Whereas Bam Margera made headlines as one of many outrageous cohosts on MTV’s Jackass, he has admittedly struggled over time. “It simply looks like all the pieces at one level got here crashing down,” Margera — actual title Brandon Cole Margera — stated throughout an April 2016 look on Household Remedy With Dr. Jenn, revealing his struggles […]
Margera’s lawyer, William J. Brennan, stated that his shopper is now sober, remarking, “You may actually say he gained his case earlier than as we speak by turning his life round.”
Along with probation, the Viva La Bam alum will bear random drug testing.
In March, Margera completely informed Us Weekly that he had kicked his dependancy by detoxing at a pal’s house in August 2023 and was eight months sober.
“I used to be a large number at instances, however I’ve modified my methods and couldn’t be on extra of the suitable path,” Margera defined to Us. “If anyone on the market thinks they’re doomed, it’s too late, and there’s no assist or hope, suppose once more.”
A number of of Hollywood’s largest stars have been candid about their sobriety journeys over time. Kelly Osbourne, who beforehand talked about being sober for six years, revealed in April 2021 that she had suffered a relapse and was engaged on subsequent steps. “Not happy with it. However I’m again on monitor,” she wrote by way of […]
The professional skateboarder spiraled downward final yr amid a collection of private and authorized woes, together with two arrests, dropping custody of his 6-year-old son, Phoenix, and enduring a 5150 psychiatric maintain.
Final June, Margera was at his wit’s finish and purchased a cocktail of medicine to finish his life. The subsequent morning, he awakened and crossed paths with mannequin Dannii Marie, his future spouse. The pair tied the knot in New Mexico on Might 28.
“If you hear the time period ‘all-time low,’ you normally image any individual out on the road with no cash and nowhere to go,” he stated. “Properly, all-time low for a millionaire could be very onerous to outline, however [when we met] I used to be in [multiple] lawsuits and pulling my hair out throughout a unending custody battle,” he explains. “I used to be prepared to take a look at — and he or she saved me.”
