A bizarre moment of protest history repeating itself — when 24-year-old Austin Clay was arrested for smashing Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a pickaxe, his bail was covered by none other than James Otis — the man who destroyed the same star two years earlier.
Clay turned himself in after the incident and was charged with felony vandalism, facing up to three years in prison, with bail set at $20,000.
Otis, who attacked the star two years prior using a sledgehammer and pickaxe, had previously said his actions were a protest tied to allegations against Trump and broader political grievances. After his own case, he received probation, community service, and fines — and then reappeared two years later to bail out Clay in a show of what some called “solidarity.”
Trump’s Hollywood star has since become one of the most repeatedly vandalized and politically charged landmarks in the country — less a tourist attraction, more a symbolic battleground for protest and division.
Clay turned himself in after the incident and was charged with felony vandalism, facing up to three years in prison, with bail set at $20,000.
Otis, who attacked the star two years prior using a sledgehammer and pickaxe, had previously said his actions were a protest tied to allegations against Trump and broader political grievances. After his own case, he received probation, community service, and fines — and then reappeared two years later to bail out Clay in a show of what some called “solidarity.”
Trump’s Hollywood star has since become one of the most repeatedly vandalized and politically charged landmarks in the country — less a tourist attraction, more a symbolic battleground for protest and division.
A bizarre moment of protest history repeating itself — when 24-year-old Austin Clay was arrested for smashing Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame with a pickaxe, his bail was covered by none other than James Otis — the man who destroyed the same star two years earlier.
Clay turned himself in after the incident and was charged with felony vandalism, facing up to three years in prison, with bail set at $20,000.
Otis, who attacked the star two years prior using a sledgehammer and pickaxe, had previously said his actions were a protest tied to allegations against Trump and broader political grievances. After his own case, he received probation, community service, and fines — and then reappeared two years later to bail out Clay in a show of what some called “solidarity.”
Trump’s Hollywood star has since become one of the most repeatedly vandalized and politically charged landmarks in the country — less a tourist attraction, more a symbolic battleground for protest and division.
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