Kony 2012 director held for 'masturbating in public'
March 17, 2012, 7:32 am
Jason Russell, the filmmaker behind the mega-viral "Kony 2012" documentary, has been hospitalised after police said he was detained for being naked and masturbating in public, reports say.
Russell was allegedly detained in the Pacific Beach neighborhood, after police received numerous calls from the public about a drunk man wearing just his underwear vandalising cars and making lewd gestures.
The 33-year-old father of two shot to fame this month after the 30-minute documentary film he made calling for the arrest of LRA leader Joseph Kony became an Internet sensation.
"Kony 2012" is now the most viral video of all time.
Invisible Children confirmed that Russell had been hospitalised and that his “condition” stemmed from the emotional toll of recent weeks.
However, it declined to get into the details of the incident.
"Jason Russell was unfortunately hospitalised yesterday suffering from exhaustion, dehydration, and malnutrition. He is now receiving medical care and is focused on getting better," Ben Keesey, head of Invisible Children, said in a statement.
"The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday," he added, without giving details.
Asked about media reports that Russell had been detained, a San Diego police spokeswoman said a 33-year-old white man had been taken to a medical facility for evaluation and treatment on Thursday morning after police received reports that he was acting "bizarrely."
Invisible Children, Russell's nonprofit group, tapped 12 influential policymakers and 20 celebrities with popular Twitter accounts, including Oprah Winfrey and Angelina Jolie, to spread the video. Since then, the company owned by powerful producer Harvey Weinstein has contacted Russell to buy the film.
The phenomenal success of the video, including the savvy media campaign with tweets about Kony, has been hailed for inspiring young people to activism, but has suffered criticism including that it oversimplified a long-standing human rights crisis.
snappermiles
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kony is a scam
to fund there military!! what ever you do do not donate! hahaha that is hilarious
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scotto
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HA HA, F HA!!!
that is some fuckin funny shit dumper!!
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Hahahahahahahahaha
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lolly lolly lol lol!
lolly lolly lol lol!
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
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Haha that is piss funny, well
Haha that is piss funny, well done
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yeah its funny but in poor
yeah its funny but in poor taste under the circumstances.
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grayzeee
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all the best ones are!
all the best ones are!
If I spent half as long fishing , as I do reading this bloody forum , I'd be twice the fisherman I am.
scotto
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Jeesarz faulkners
Whinge somewhere else hey.
Perhaps go write a poem about how much it upsets you, fold it up, and put it under your pillow so you feel better about josh when you sleep.
Simo_
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Classic
Classic
Bring on April
meglodon
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Josh has never had it so good
lets see if josh is taken from this enviroment and sent to school to get an education his parents are going to have to find the money for;
school fees >500 @ term
books >300
school building fund >200
exceshion money 150
school uniform >300
sports uniform 100
sports shoes 200
back pack 140
donations for save the who knows fund 100
extra shopping costs for his lay about mates who come over on the weekend with the sole aim of eating you out of house and home 500
give little josh 1K a year and save his parents a whole lot of financial grief he will be a lot happier exactly where he is
bod
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Soooo......
Jason Russell, the filmmaker behind the mega-viral "Kony 2012" documentary, has been hospitalised after police said he was detained for being naked and masturbating in public, reports say.
Russell was allegedly detained in the Pacific Beach neighborhood, after police received numerous calls from the public about a drunk man wearing just his underwear vandalising cars and making lewd gestures.
The 33-year-old father of two shot to fame this month after the 30-minute documentary film he made calling for the arrest of LRA leader Joseph Kony became an Internet sensation.
"Kony 2012" is now the most viral video of all time.
Invisible Children confirmed that Russell had been hospitalised and that his “condition” stemmed from the emotional toll of recent weeks.
However, it declined to get into the details of the incident.
"Jason Russell was unfortunately hospitalised yesterday suffering from exhaustion, dehydration, and malnutrition. He is now receiving medical care and is focused on getting better," Ben Keesey, head of Invisible Children, said in a statement.
"The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday," he added, without giving details.
Asked about media reports that Russell had been detained, a San Diego police spokeswoman said a 33-year-old white man had been taken to a medical facility for evaluation and treatment on Thursday morning after police received reports that he was acting "bizarrely."
Invisible Children, Russell's nonprofit group, tapped 12 influential policymakers and 20 celebrities with popular Twitter accounts, including Oprah Winfrey and Angelina Jolie, to spread the video. Since then, the company owned by powerful producer Harvey Weinstein has contacted Russell to buy the film.
The phenomenal success of the video, including the savvy media campaign with tweets about Kony, has been hailed for inspiring young people to activism, but has suffered criticism including that it oversimplified a long-standing human rights crisis.
dumper
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What a wanker
What a wanker
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Seems you may be right
LOL
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