Former ‘Jackass’ star Bam Margera is wanted by Pennsylvania State Police after an alleged assault
The Chester County native and stuntman reportedly fled the scene of physical confrontation in Pocopson Township, where he is wanted on counts ranging from harassment to terroristic threat.
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Pennsylvania State Police have issued a warrant for Chester County native and former Jackass star Bam Margera following what the law enforcement agency described as a “disturbance” on Sunday.
Officers said Margera was involved in a physical confrontation with an undisclosed victim who suffered minor injuries on the 400 block of Hickory Hill Road in Pocopson Township around 11 a.m. Sunday, according to a Pennsylvania State Police release.
Margera allegedly fled the scene before police arrived and is wanted on misdemeanor charges, including terroristic threats toward his dad Phillip and brother Jesse, as well as two others, simple assault, and harassment.
In an affidavit from the officer discharged to the scene, Jesse said Margera banged on his locked bedroom door and left a signed note that read, “If you ever f— think about calling the police on me I will officially f— you up.”
Jesse then told the officer he walked into the kitchen to find Margera urinating in the sink, which prompted Margera to start screaming and punching his brother, striking the right side of Jesse’s face and his left ear.
Jesse also told the officer on scene that Margera threatened to kill everyone in the house, including his father.
Who is Bam Margera?
Margera, 43, got his start skateboarding in videos for CKY — Jesse’s alt-metal band — before joining the cast of Jackass, alongside former daredevils-turned-dads Johnny Knoxville and Stephen “Steve-O” Gilchrist Glover.
Margera then went on to have his own crash-and-boom spin-off, Viva La Bam, which took his outlandish stunts and plopped them straight in Chester County at Margera’s aptly titled medieval compound, Castle Bam.
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After more than 20 years in the greater Jackass universe, Margera was fired from the set of Jackass Forever, the group’s fourth feature-length film, after a positive drug test. The stuntman has had an on-again, off-again struggle with substance use disorder and alcoholism, briefly getting sober after the death of his best friend and costar Ryan Dunn in 2011.
More recently, Margera has been in the news for a string of substance-related incidents, including an escape from a Florida rehab center, a social movement sparked by conservatorship rumors, and a March 2023 arrest for domestic violence.
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“I’ve come to terms with the fact that it doesn’t take drinking to be funny,” Margera told The Inquirer in 2017. “But it took me a long time to figure that out.”