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The legal woes for Brandon “Bam” Margera, the former star of the “Jackass” series, continued Thursday with a Chester County judge ordering him to wear an alcohol monitor and attend AA classes.
Margera, 43, was ordered to wear what’s known as a SCRAM bracelet for 30 days by Judge Patrick Carmody.
Attorneys for Margera and Assistant District Attorney Zachary Yurick reached the agreement ahead of a hearing before Carmody, who said he didn’t know anything about the case but wanted to ensure that Margera and those around him are safe.
“It’s bigger than the case. It’s about your welfare and the welfare of those around you,” Carmody told Margera.
Defense attorney Michael van der Veer said Margera would continue to work on his recovery and is looking forward to putting the case behind him.
In the meantime, Margera will remain free and can take off the bracelet after 30 days, if compliant.
The bracelet monitors if there’s alcohol in his system by sampling sweat. If alcohol is detected, then authorities are alerted
A hearing was sought after Margera was cited at the Radnor Hotel earlier this month for public drunkenness.
Before that, Margera was held for court last month in an assault case in April involving his brother at Castle Bam, the star’s house in Pocopson Township, Chester County, a few miles from Delaware County.
Margera mostly lived in California until he was arrested in the assault case.
Margera did not comment outside the courtroom Thursday, but van der Veer said his client had a counseling appointment Tuesday afternoon at a local facility where he previously underwent a court-ordered evaluation.
“He’s really been compliant,” said van der Veer. “He’s really getting his life on the right track and is in a good spot. I think he understands he’s in the court system now, and that he has to walk a straight line so that he can put this behind him.”
Reviewing events
April 23:
State police were called around 11 a.m. to Margera’s residence, Castle Bam along Hickory Hill Road in Pocopson, for reports of a domestic disturbance.
Bam Margera was reportedly involved in a physical confrontation with the victim, his brother, who suffered minor injuries.
Bam Margera had taken off through the woods before troopers arrived.
According to an arrest affidavit, troopers received a call from a woman who was staying at Bam Margera’s property for a “domestic in progress.”
Officers spoke with Phillip Margera, Bam’s father, and Jesse Margera, Bam’s brother, who told him that Bam had fled into the woods behind the house, and that several troopers were already searching for him.
Jesse Margera said that around 8 a.m. Sunday, he was wakened by his brother banging and kicking his locked bedroom door. When he opened the door, he found a note that read, “If you ever … think of calling the police on me I will” harm you, and that the note was signed “Bam.”
When Jesse Margera went to the kitchen of the house later that morning, he saw Bam urinating in the kitchen sink. Bam then became aggressive, and started punching his brother in the face and head. He said, “I’ll kill you. I’ll put a bullet in your head,” according to the affidavit.
April 27
Margera turns himself in at the state police station at Avondale and is arraigned on assault charges. Magisterial District Judge Albert Iacoccoa of Kennett Square sets bail at $50,000 unsecured.
As part of his bail, Margera was ordered not to have any contact with any of the victims in the case, identified as his brother, father, and two women, one of whom called police to report the disturbance. Their names were not available.
July 27
Margera is held for court in the assault case with Jesse Margera’s testimony, and Iacocca revamps the bail conditions, ordering the defendant to stay in Pennsylvania, not travel back to California, and to appear at a drug treatment center in Tredyffrin.
Plus, random drug testing was ordered at the discretion of the county’s bail agency.
Aug. 9:
Bam Margera is taken into custody in Radnor Township, accused of public intoxication and disorderly conduct, police say.
Officers were called to the parking lot of the Radnor Hotel around 3:30 a.m. on the report of a male and female causing a disturbance.
Upon arrival, officers made contact with Margera, who appeared intoxicated and was acting disorderly, police said.
Margera was taken into custody for public intoxication and disorderly conduct and taken to the Radnor police station.
He remained at the police station, was issued citations for public intoxication and disorderly conduct, and was later released to a friend.
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