Television actor
Jason Wahler hurled racial and homophobic invectives at
a police officer when he was arrested over the weekend in
Seattle after punching a hotel security guard and
passing out drunk in a hallway, a local police
department report said. Wahler, 20, a star of MTV's
The Hills and Laguna Beach: The Real Orange
County, was arrested early Sunday for
investigation of assault and criminal trespass. He
posted bail and was released from the King County Jail nine
hours later.
It was Wahler's
fourth arrest since September. He punched both a city
worker and a tow truck driver in Los Angeles on September
22; last month the judge in that case sentenced him to
60 days in jail--a sentence he was scheduled to
serve beginning in May--and ordered him to attend
Alcoholics Anonymous classes and a one-day program at
the Museum of Tolerance for using racial slurs. He was
also arrested in New York City in the early-morning
hours of September 1, charged with three counts of
bribery, criminal possession of cocaine, resisting arrest,
and disorderly conduct.
The Seattle
police's report said that shortly after midnight on Sunday,
officers responded to the Waterfront Marriott hotel. A
security guard told them there had been an altercation
in the lobby and that someone wrestled with Wahler to
restrain him.
When the guard
asked the pair to settle down or leave, Wahler shoved him
in the chest and then punched him in the mouth, the police
report said. Another person restrained Wahler and
removed him from the building, but he came back a
short time later.
Two police
officers found him passed out on the third floor, reeking of
alcohol, and woke him up. Wahler then ''repeatedly'' called
Officer C. DePina, who is not black, a ''n-----'' and
a ''f-----,'' DePina wrote in the report. ''Wahler
stated he was rich and would have my ass. Wahler made
vague threats to assault officers.''
It was not
immediately known if Wahler, of Laguna Beach, Calif., had
obtained a lawyer or if he had a publicist. The city
attorney's office has 20 days to file charges, said
spokeswoman Ruth Bowman.
Wahler was also
arrested in March in Greenville, N.C., for investigation
of underage drinking and resisting a public officer. (Gene
Johnson, AP)
