Donald Trump’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Destroyed by Sledgehammer (Video)
LAPD investigating after cameras spot man dressed as construction worker whacking away at the star early Wednesday morning
A cleanup crew can be seen in the video above vacuuming the last remaining bits of broken sidewalk from Donald Trump’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame after a man dressed as a construction worker destroyed it with a sledgehammer early Wednesday morning.
Deadline posted video of the incident, and reported that the man identified himself as Jamie Otis, who said he was hoping to remove the star and auction it off to raise money for the women who have publicly accused the GOP presidential candidate of sexual misconduct.
A police cruiser reportedly arrived on the scene at 6:15 a.m., but according to Deadline, Otis was already gone.
An LAPD spokesperson told TheWrap the department received a vandalism call at 6 a.m. and is investigating the incident.
The department could not confirm the suspect’s name or motive, but a pick, sledgehammer, construction vest, construction net and construction hat were recovered at the scene.
Last January, it was defaced with a swastika — a Nazi symbol — and then someone erected a small wall around it in July to emulate the one Trump has proposed on the U.S.-Mexico border.