Steve-O's Response to His 30-Day Jail Sentence for SeaWorld Stunt

Raechal Shewfelt
·Editor, Yahoo Entertainment
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Never let it be said that Steve-O is no longer a Jackass.

On Wednesday in L.A., the 41-year-old star of the former MTV stunt show was sentenced to 30 days in jail after he pleaded no contest to misdemeanor charges of trespassing, creating a false emergency, and an illegal use of fireworks for an Aug. 9 incident. Steve-O, whose real name is Stephen Glover, climbed a construction tower to protest SeaWorld by hanging an inflatable killer whale off a crane 100 feet in the air while setting off the fireworks and slamming the theme park for holding orcas in captivity. Naturally, it was all livestreamed.

Steve-O responded to the legal action with a cartoon posted to Instagram alongside a lengthy caption. “I just got sentenced to 30 days in LA County jail, and this is what I have to say about it,” he wrote. “Considering I’ve become a clean and sober, dog-rescuing vegan, I must say I’m ready to go to jail– not just because it will bring so much attention to the plight of orcas in captivity, but because it’s nice to let people know I haven’t lost my edge. What can I say, I’m a jackass."

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He continued, "My whole crane-climbing, fireworks debacle really turned out to be pretty meaningful in the end, too. I mean, if your goal is to make a statement about captivity, you may as well get yourself locked up! To help give back to the City of Los Angeles, I launched a campaign today to raise money for at-risk, inner city youth, by raffling off chances to win an all-expenses-paid trip to be my red carpet, VIP guest at the taping of my Showtime comedy special next month, which is called "Steve-O: Guilty As Charged”. There is a link to a new crazy stunt video I just made to let people enter to win in my bio. Los Angeles, I love you, thank you for everything!“

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Steve-O was also given three years of probation and a bill of nearly $14,000 from the city to cover the cost of the police and fire departments that came to rescue him, thinking the situation was an emergency.

The stuntman, who’s railed against SeaWorld since the 2013 documentary Black Fish called out the park for its treatment of orcas, changed a nearby highway sign to "SeaWorld Sucks” in 2014.

Think he’ll strike again?