Viva La Bam’s Don Vito Arrested!
From MTV.com:
Vincent Margera — better known as Don Vito to viewers of “Viva La Bam” — was arrested in Colorado on Friday and held on suspicion of two counts of sexual assault on a child, according to a spokesperson for Colorado’s Lakewood Police Department.
Margera, 50, is suspected of inappropriately fondling or groping 12- and 14-year-old girls during separate incidents at a signing event at Woodward Skatepark at the Colorado Mills mall in Lakewood, Colorado, Friday night. Because the incident involves sexual assault on a child, Lakewood Police spokesperson Steve Davis said he was unable to release much information, but said formal charges would be filed on Wednesday. In the meantime, Margera remains behind bars at the Jefferson County Jail, with no bail being offered, according to a jail spokesperson.
Davis said a cell-phone photo of the alleged crime has been taken into evidence and that the allegation that Margera inappropriately fondled or groped the girls was corroborated by enough witnesses for police to make the arrest. The authorities were tipped off to the alleged crime when someone other than the two juveniles called in to report it, Davis said, declining to elaborate on who made the call. In addition, Davis said Margera, who appeared intoxicated — results from a blood test are not yet available — allegedly made some “very ugly” remarks to the two female officers who arrested him.
More after the jump…
The elder Margera, often the butt of pranks pulled by nephew Bam on the MTV series “Viva La Bam,” was frequently portrayed as mumbling unintelligibly and being quick-to-anger on the show. A spokesperson for the Margera family could not be reached for comment at press time.
Bam, a professional skateboarder, was not with his uncle during the signing, according to reports. Vincent Margera had come to Colorado to film promotional spots for the Web site ManiaTV.com, which broke news on the arrest. A spokesperson for ManiaTV said Margera had also been in town all week shooting material for “Don Vito TV,” a reality show the online TV network is planning to launch.
“When he was finished working for us, he had another deal to sign autographs at the skate park, so we drove him over there and dropped him off and the next thing you know we got a call from [a ‘Viva La Bam’ staffer/producer] saying [Margera had been arrested],” ManiaTV spokesperson Jason Damata said.
One of the Web site’s reporters, Rob Talbert, spoke to Margera in jail over the weekend, according to a press release issued by Damata. Talbert described a “very serious and somber” Margera saying he signed autographs and took pictures with fans at the skate park, and 45 minutes after it ended was approached by police officers who asked him about the incident, which he denied.
“I then asked Don if he did it. He was very adamant about denying the allegations against him,” Talbert stated in the press release. “He said that if he molested [the girl], why would the mother stand there and take pictures of him doing it? He then said that this is the kind of thing people like him have to watch out for. He said people are always trying to pick fights with him so they can sue him and this is the same sort of thing.”
According to the press release, Margera asked Talbert if he remembered that when taking pictures with fans during the ManiaTV shoots, Margera would put his hands around guy’s necks like he was strangling them and drape his arm around girls’ shoulders and put his hand in front of their breast so it looked like he was grabbing them. Talbert said Margera would ask how old women were before he took pictures with them during the ManiaTV shoots.
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25 opinions for Viva La Bam’s Don Vito Arrested!
jozzy
Jan 6, 2007 at 5:58 pm
hello :)
I´m Jozzy.
Who are you?
Know you Bam´s e-mail ?
james
Feb 5, 2007 at 4:15 pm
i hate that guy he is a perve.off with his head!!! if i could i would delete him for the show he is in it just for the money. if he hated it why is he on the show!
Braden Gilchrist
Feb 16, 2007 at 8:02 am
Vito is innocent. Let him out(h)
josh
Mar 6, 2007 at 3:39 pm
well dwasent vat swuck
Shaylyn Russell
Mar 8, 2007 at 12:44 pm
I would expect something like this from him and I do believe that he should go to jail for the amount of time that would go to anybody that does that to little girls. It doesn’t matter that he is Bam’s uncle. He is a human being and people should treat him the way we all do to all the other molestors in the U.S.
Kyle
Mar 20, 2007 at 9:51 am
I think He did anything! He may be really fat and retarded but he wouldnt do anything like that!
CESAR ALCANTAR
May 14, 2007 at 6:23 pm
DON VITO IS THE COOLEST GUY EVER!!!! BUT SADLY I THINK HE SHOULD GO TO JAIL.KORN ROCKS!!!!
John Basedow
May 18, 2007 at 8:08 am
don Vito is awesome! I would let him touch me anyday. Those girls probably deserved it. Those smelly hoes led him on.
emily m
May 20, 2007 at 4:05 pm
i believe he did noooo such thing! he was drunk prolly but them girls are fucking lying!
J.D
May 21, 2007 at 9:45 am
Don Vito shouldent drink anymore, when he does drink he does stupid things like the article above. i’m not saying he was drunk when at the sining but he was drunk when the police picked hem up.
TheLetVitoFreeFoundation
May 22, 2007 at 7:03 am
We are a group of people that are fans of don vito. We think and know he is inocent. We will do anything to free him.If you would like to join call at 1800 don-free
Lethim
Jun 6, 2007 at 5:21 am
He is inocent i dont think that he is a perve and i dont think that he did that what the article is saying !!!
LET HIM FREEEEEE!!!!!!!
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braden gilchrist
Jul 10, 2007 at 1:17 am
let him out, or ill beat you down like a spider monkey
Aden
Jul 23, 2007 at 10:31 am
this is stupid…he didnt do it…i mean come on..if anything he would had spent time on a 20 year old….its not fare those girls knew his weekness and framed him to the cops…i feel bad for the guy..and i wish him luck…yall watch hes gonna be inocent
who
Nov 1, 2007 at 9:58 am
If the guy did it he should hang…………12 and 14year old girls! Come on’…….that is really young…….the guy should have known better……..those girls are babies. I saw him in the Philly airport a few months ago and he looked like a deer in headlights……….if he did it let him hang. If not, then it’s a horrible thing he’s being put through.
Ryan
Nov 5, 2007 at 4:17 pm
you people are all retards
Kyle
Nov 11, 2007 at 4:05 pm
Not to be mean his is half-retarted,Half-perve too
pacman
Nov 26, 2007 at 4:09 pm
they should let Vito go free. He Is a Verry Good Guy He Could not have done that in my mind.
Braden Gilchrist
Nov 27, 2007 at 5:13 pm
Vulcan Idiots
Braden Gilchris
Nov 27, 2007 at 5:14 pm
Vulcan idiots, do you have brain damage
ryanslc
Dec 6, 2007 at 3:27 pm
I think Don Vito is not that kind of guy, and the parents of the girls should be ashamed of themselves, I hope they lose in court. Don Vito is not guilty, and people like that suck S@#t… From ryan salt lake city UT
beth
Dec 20, 2007 at 2:35 am
I’m a huge Vito fan and I’m sorry but he didn’t do anything wrong. Yes, Vito may be a little weird but who cares but what type of parent makes a story up like this. If anything, their only doing it to see if they can get a pinch of fame or even his money, that disgust me. I prey that Vito gets out. FREE VITO, FREE VITO, FREE VITO!!!
FAT MAN
May 3, 2008 at 11:01 am
HES WAS HAVEING BEER
FAT PEOPLE RIGHTS
May 3, 2008 at 11:05 am
I HOPE YOU GET OUT SOON AND GET REGVANGE ON BAM HE PUT YOU IN AND WHEN THE NEXT VIVA LA BAM
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