WEST CHESTER — Brandon “Bam” Margera’s legal troubles continue to mount.
Less than a month after a Chester County magisterial district judge ordered the former “Jackass” star and local skateboarding legend to stand trial on charges that he assaulted is brother and threatened other members of his family, the county District Attorney’s Office asked another judge to revoke Margera’s $50,000 unsecured bail.
The request was made because Margera had been cited for public intoxication and disorderly conduct stemming from an incident in Radnor on Aug. 9 and his apparent “need for drug and alcohol treatment,” according to the motion filed Monday by Assistant District Attorney Zachary Yurick, who is prosecuting the case.
Yurick asked Common Pleas Judge Patrick Carmody, who has been assigned Margera’s criminal case, to revoke and/or increase his bail “until he is assessed by our pretrial services (department) and sent by sheriff transport to inpatient treatment.”
Thus, it appears the prosecution is not seeking to have Margera — one of the tabloid celebrity world’s most recognizable figures — incarcerated at Chester County Prison indefinitely ahead of his trial on simple assault and terroristic threats charges, but rather to have him admitted for rehab treatment. That, however, could come after some time at the prison — just a short distance from the house he owns known as “Castle Bam.”
A hearing on the motion has been scheduled for Carmody’s courtroom at the county Justice Center for 10 a.m. Thursday.
Michael van der Veen, Margera’s high profile attorney who represented him at his preliminary hearing on July 27, could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday. Previously, van der Veen said his client was in “complete compliance” with the requirements of his bail conditions, although often those restrictions include a prohibition on expressive use of alcohol.
“I am not sure what transpired to lead to the citation, but we will be looking into it,” van der Veen said following the run-in with Radnor police.
In his motion, Yurick also referred to an incident that had occurred on Aug. 7, when West Goshen police made contact with Margera outside a Wawa convenience store in the township. Although he was not cited or taken into custody by officers, Yurick said that they believed he was intoxicated and saw him appear to be drinking alcohol. They assisted him back to a hotel where he was staying at the time, the motion said.
Margera is forbidden from having contact with his family members who live at his property in Pocopson, where the attack on his brother Jess Margera took place in April.
In the latest incident, according to police, officers were called to the parking lot of the Radnor Hotel around 3:30 a.m. Aug. 9 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. Yurick said his blood alcohol level was measured at .18 — more then twice the legal limit for impairment — and he admitted to “kicking a car windshield so hard it cracked.”
Margera, 43, was taken into custody 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.
The woman was not cited, and is not identified.
In his criminal case in Chester County, Magisterial District Judge Albert Iacocca of Kennett Square revamped the bail conditions for Margera after he expressed concerns that the actor had been abusing drugs. At that time, Margera assured the judge that he had been attending rehab programs to help him stay sober.
“You don’t have an excuse for this,” Iacocca said. “This is not a joke. This is not a movie. This is life.”
Iacocca ordered Margera to stay in Pennsylvania and not travel back to his home in California — where he has been living for some time — and to appear at a drug treatment center.
“My concern is if you want help, you should stay there,” Iacocca told Margera last month. “You should be in a rehab facility.”
Margera said he would follow the judge’s directions and promised that he had been trying to stay clean and sober.
To contact staff writer Michael P. Rellahan call 610-696-1544.
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