Former Jackass star Bam Margera was stopped by police in Pennsylvania on September 16 and charged
Bam Margera is back behind bars after he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence (DUI).
The former Jackass star, 44, was stopped by police in Pennsylvania on September 16 and charged with driving under the influence of alcohol or a controlled substance and summary reckless driving – and he is set to spend the weekend at the Chester County Prison ahead of a court hearing on Monday to determine whether he has violated his probation.
He was taken into custody on Wednesday (18.09.24) following a meeting with officials who flagged a possible probation violation.
The hearing on Monday will decide whether Margera breached the terms of a plea deal he reached with Pennsylvania prosecutors in June in which he pleaded guilty to two counts of disorderly conduct and was sentenced to six months probation. He also agreed to undergo random drug tests and treatment for his mental health issues.
The conviction stemmed from a bust-up with his musician brother Jess Margera at his Castle Bam home in Chester County, Pennsylvania, in April 2023.
After entering his guilty plea, Margera told the court: “I just want to says thanks for this whole situation. It lets me clean up my life. It is a blessing in disguise.”
As well as the probation hearing on Monday, Margera will also face a pretrial hearing stemming from the DUI case but a date has yet to be set, according to Mainlinemedianews.com.
Speaking after the conclusion of his disorderly conduct case, Margera told ABC 6’s Action News: “I needed that to realise I would go on drinking benders and I would end up in situations that were really not good.”
The TV star – who married his fiancee Dannii Marie in New Mexico in May – had been due to mark one year of sobriety in August and he previously credited his partner with helping him turn his life around.
In a video of his wedding vows, Margera was seen telling his bride: “You got rid of all the d***heads and goons and made me stop drinking and got me back to skateboarding and I cannot thank you enough.”
It comes nine months after Bam was granted permission to see his son Phoenix after reaching a sobriety milestone.
In December, it was said Bam will be allowed to see his son with a professional supervisor when he is Southern California, where his ex Nikki lives with the child.
Bam’s ex’s legal representative David Glass reportedly informed TMZ of the decision. However, the publication reported at the time that Bam has told them he hasn’t seen Phoenix face to face for over 200 days as it is and wants to see him as close to Christmas as he can, especially as Phoenix also celebrates his birthday around then. The star has claimed he has only been able to FaceTime his son up until December and hoped to jet to LA to attend an event and reunite with the child around the same time.
Last year, Bam took aim at his former Jackass co-stars in a brutal rap. The former prankster had a feature on a single called Feel Like Bam by rappers Cult Shotta and Tanboy Miguel.
In his verse, Bam took the opportunity to mock his former Jackass co-stars’ skateboarding skills, before challenging Johnny Knoxville to a fight and accusing him of ruining his skateboarding career. The reality TV personality admits he “had to take a lesson from the darkness” before saying “Knoxville, he’s going to be there, so find out if he has the stuff to find out when I’m going to f**k you up”.
He also took shots in the song at Jackass director Jeff Tremaine, who Bam has been feuding with since he was dropped from the last movie in the Jackass film franchise.
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