John Mayer’s $25,000 Mugshot
Posted by: Wendy Atterberry
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8:10AM, Friday August 28th 2009
Yesterday, after Fall Out Boy singer Patrick Stump was arrested for driving without a license, John Mayer admitted he’d been arrested for the same offense and then Twittered a challenge to Harvey Levin at TMZ: “produce my mugshot, [and] I will donate 25k to the charity of [your] choice.” He even gave a hint: “in the first half of the naughts, in the home of the Brave.” Mayer, it turns out, had been arrested in May 2001 in Atlanta (the case was dismissed the following month). TMZ did manage to score the mugshot, but The Smoking Gun beat them by about five minutes in publishing it. Still, John never said TMZ had to be the first site to produce the photo. So, true to his word, he coughed up $25,000 to be split between the two charities TMZ chose (Pet Orphans and Ace of Hearts, two animal shelters in California). Call it a creative publicity stunt, but I say it’s nice to see a celebrity arrest result in such a happy ending. [via TMZ]
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bogart4017
wrote on August 28 2009 @ 09:24 am: [report]
Are we really such attention hogs that we challenge gossip sites to publish old mug shots? Then again i guess its easier to ride out an old arrest than to smack your girlfriend down or hop behind the wheel drunk with a loaded pistol and risk re-arrest and a fresh mug shot.
alycat1092
wrote on August 28 2009 @ 10:44 am: [report]
um what’s with the jaundice?
miss game
wrote on August 28 2009 @ 04:07 pm: [report]
I love John Mayer. I can’t help it. He may have been attention whoring but he also gave $25,000 to charity. That is more money than I even made last year!