[UPDATED WITH VIDEO BELOW]
This is really pathetic and petty. I know some people really don’t like Trump, but to destroy his Walk of Fame star just because they don’t like him is just juvenile:
THE HILL – A sledgehammer-wielding man destroyed Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame star in an early-morning attack Wednesday.
A man identified by Deadline Hollywood as Jamie Otis disguised himself as a city construction worker in order to carry out his plan at 5:45 a.m. PT.
Otis told the celebrity news site that his original plan involved removing the star in order to auction it off in New York City.
The proceeds would have gone to help the multiple women who have accused Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, of sexual assault in recent weeks.
Trump’s Hollywood Boulevard star, earned for his work on the NBC reality TV show “The Apprentice,” has been vandalized multiple times since he launched his campaign last year.
Here’s the destroyed star:
EXCLU: @realDonaldTrump #WalkOfFame star destroyed by vandal Read here: https://t.co/NqGnncyrPi pic.twitter.com/ReFkXZDIJc
— Dominic Patten (@DeadlineDominic) October 26, 2016
UPDATE: Here’s the video. It appears they are using a pickaxe rather than a sledgehammer:
Video shows man smashing Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star with a sledgehammer. LAPD investigating incident https://t.co/ikn0IocAy1 pic.twitter.com/lLmUIXOclf
— ABC News (@ABC) October 26, 2016