“Jackass” star Bam Margera turns himself in to police, authorities say

“Jackass” star Brandon “Bam” Margera turned himself in to authorities in Pennsylvania Thursday after a warrant was issued for his arrest this week in reference to an alleged assault of his brother, officers mentioned.

Margera, 43, surrendered to Pennsylvania State Police in Avondale, police mentioned.

He was preliminary arraigned and his unsecured bail was set at $50,000, police mentioned. His subsequent courtroom listening to is scheduled for Might 25.

Authorities mentioned Monday that an arrest warrant had been issued for Margera, one of many creators of “Jackass.”

Pennsylvania State Police mentioned Margera, of Thornton, Pennsylvania, was concerned in a bodily confrontation Sunday morning in Pocopson Township, about 40 miles west of Philadelphia.

Police had been alerted to a “disturbance,” and Margera induced somebody minor accidents, they mentioned.

“Margera fled right into a wooded space” earlier than police arrived.

Court docket paperwork point out Margera is accused of easy assault, harassment and terroristic threats with the intent to terrorize one other.

An lawyer who had beforehand represented Margera couldn’t be instantly reached for remark Thursday. It was unclear if Margera had retained a lawyer within the assault case.

In accordance with a prison criticism, Margera allegedly bodily fought along with his brother, Jesse, at a Margera household residence.

Margera is accused of assaulting him and threatening to shoot him.

“I’ll kill you. I’ll put a bullet in your head,” Margera is alleged to have instructed his sibling, based on the criticism.

Jesse Margera awoke to his brother banging and kicking a locked door, the criticism mentioned. When he left the room, he noticed a word threatening that if he thought of calling the police, “I’ll formally f— you up.”

The word was signed “Bam,” the criticism mentioned.

Jesse Margera then went to the kitchen and noticed his brother urinating in a sink, the criticism mentioned.

Bam Margera is accused of punching his brother within the face and grabbing him by the arm, the doc mentioned.

He additionally “threatened to kill everybody in the home,” based on the criticism.

The criticism listed three different individuals as targets of Margera’s alleged threats.

Margera mentioned in 2021 that he had been illegally fired from the “Jackass” franchise’s fourth movie, “Jackass Eternally.”

Margera, who helped create the video collection that impressed the “Jackass” TV present and movies, filed a lawsuit in Los Angeles County Superior Court docket towards Paramount, co-star Johnny Knoxville, producer Spike Jonze and director Jeffrey Tremaine, alleging that he had been wrongfully fired. He sought hundreds of thousands in compensation.

Margera alleged within the lawsuit that Knoxville, Jonze and Tremaine made an unannounced go to to a drug rehabilitation facility in 2019 and “accosted him and coerced him” into signing a “wellness settlement” that required frequent drug assessments to stay concerned within the franchise.

Margera, who was fired after manufacturing started for “Jackass Eternally,” mentioned in his swimsuit that he was terminated after a drug check confirmed he was taking the prescription drug Adderall.

“Defendants knew full effectively that Margera needed to take Adderall to deal with his consideration deficit dysfunction. He had been on this remedy for a number of years,” the swimsuit mentioned.

In accordance with courtroom information, Margera requested a dismissal of the case final yr.

Courtney Brogle, Polly DeFrank and Diana Dasrath contributed.