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The Straight Story

(48,121 posts)
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:18 PM Jul 2013

Beth Chapman Arrest Warrant Issued

Beth Chapman is learning the hard way ... you don't call another chick a whore and a slut in Colorado ... because she's now facing imminent arrest.

Beth and hubby Dog the Bounty Hunter were fishing at a lake earlier this month when a car roared by ... which didn't sit well with the famous couple and their kids. Beth allegedly began berating the teenage passenger, whom she called a tramp, a whore and a slut, among other choice words.

The situation escalated ... and Beth called 911, claiming one of the people in the party she confronted was ominously carrying a gun with his hand on the grip.

By the time cops arrived, Beth and her brood had split. But the teen filed a criminal harassment complaint. Under Colorado law, if someone taunts, challenges or uses "coarse language" against someone, it's a crime. It appears slut and whore qualify.

So cops issued a summons for Beth to appear in court on the misdemeanor harassment charge. Law enforcement tells TMZ ... they called her on her cell several times to come down to the station to pick up the summons, but she blew them off.


http://www.tmz.com/2013/07/25/beth-chapman-dog-chapman-bounty-hunter-arrest-warrant-harassment/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter

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shenmue

(38,506 posts)
7. Yeah
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:40 PM
Jul 2013

As much as it sounds like a dumb incident, I'm not sure I like it that they arrest people for cussing. Unless there was a physical threat, give everybody a warning and send them home.

 

bunnies

(15,859 posts)
11. I was just looking at the law...
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:47 PM
Jul 2013

Never seen anything like it. Its apparently also a crime to "direct obscene language or makes an obscene gesture to or at another person" in public. Can you imagine going to jail for telling someone to "suck it" ?! wow.

 

Rex

(65,616 posts)
5. Dog the Bounty Hunter is an idiot.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:34 PM
Jul 2013

He is about as bad as Honey Boo Boo or any of the other reality TV crap.

 

Mr. David

(535 posts)
8. Dog and Beth are conservatives and ultra-religious.
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:40 PM
Jul 2013

They are both very stupid people who wants air time.

Better both of them fade into obscurity.

BainsBane

(53,035 posts)
12. laws like this have been in place since that amendment was written
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 04:02 PM
Jul 2013

I'm not necessarily disagreeing with you, I'm just saying this has happened for centuries.

Spazito

(50,375 posts)
10. When the A&E network started with this garbage, it was the final straw...
Thu Jul 25, 2013, 03:43 PM
Jul 2013

in their descent to irrelevancy, imo. At one time, it was a network producing shows of quality, ie their "In Concert" series.

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