One year ago, Congress defunded public media. Now that we're 100% community funded, please become a sustaining member or increase your existing membership today.
This is an archival story that predates current editorial management.
This archival content was written, edited, and published prior to LAist's acquisition by its current owner, Southern California Public Radio ("SCPR"). Content, such as language choice and subject matter, in archival articles therefore may not align with SCPR's current editorial standards. To learn more about those standards and why we make this distinction, please click here.
Actor Jason London Gets Plea Deal In Pants-Crapping Arrest
"Dazed and Confused" actor Jason London won't have to serve any jail time related to the epic night he took a dump in the back of a cop car.London, 40, had originally been charged with assault the night he got into a drunken brawl with a bouncer at a Scottsdale bar but he plead guilty to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct, according to TMZ.
London was found nursing a shiner outside a bar called Martini Ranch around 1:45 a.m. in January. The police report said he got into a fight bouncer after sneezing on him, refusing to apologize and punching the bouncer in the face. From the looks of it, London lost that fight badly.
London's rep called the bouncer's response a "brutal attack" that he says "continued even after he was unconscious." London had to get multiple surgeries to deal with the multiple fractures to his face.
When cops picked him up for his drunken antics, they say he called one officer a "fucking hillbilly." One of them kneed him in the thigh. Once London was loaded into the back of the cop car, police say he dumped his own load—on purpose.
As a part of his sentence, London is being ordered to attend an alcohol treatment program and pay out $118 in court costs, TMZ says.
Related:
Did Jason London Really Crap His Pants In A Cop Car?
Jason London Defends Innocence In Bar Brawl, Refrains From Commenting On Pants-Crapping
One year ago, Congress voted to defund public media, eliminating a critical $1.7 million from our budget every year going forward. But they couldn’t silence us, and we’re not going anywhere. LAist is now 100% community funded and that means we’re taking our future into our own hands and turning to you to keep local reporting strong.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
You come to LAist because you want independent reporting and trustworthy local information. Our nonprofit newsroom doesn’t answer to shareholders looking to turn a profit. Instead, we answer to you and our communities. We are free to follow facts wherever they lead and to hold power to account without fear or favor. Our only loyalty is to our readers and listeners and our mission: to inform, engage, and strengthen Southern California’s communities.
If this story helped you, please become a monthly member today to help sustain this mission. It just takes 1 minute to donate below.
Senior Vice President News, Editor in Chief
