Vanessa Hudgens pays $1,000 for damaging red rock wall Actress carved her and boyfriend’s name with a heart on a geologic rock formation in Arizona
Actress Vanessa Hudgens has paid $1,000 (Dh3,672) in restitution for carving a heart into a red rock wall during a trip to Sedona, Arizona.
Hudgens posted a photo of the carving bearing the names “Vanessa” and “Austin” on her Instagram page around Valentine’s Day, along with other photos of the couple amid towering red rocks that draw throngs of tourists to northern Arizona.
The payment resolves a citation issued to Hudgens on a misdemeanour count of damaging a natural feature on US Forest Service land. The money was used by a volunteer group called Friends of the Forest to restore the rock wall, which typically is done by scrubbing or sanding it.
A federal magistrate in Flagstaff approved the agreement April 19, but it was not made public. The Associated Press obtained a statement of probable cause and the agreement resolving the citation from the federal judiciary under a records request.
A publicist for Hudgens did not immediately respond to a message left on Friday. Hudgens is best known for her role as Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical TV-movie franchise.
Hudgens admitted to using a rock to scratch the names inside the heart and gave authorities information on where to find it.
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Carson Roberts
Volunteers and Forest Service employees found the 1-by-1-foot heart matching the description around February 23 on a geologic formation known as Bell Rock.
Forest officials rarely find out who is responsible for vandalising rock walls, but Hudgens celebrity status played a huge role, Coconino National Forest Service spokesman Brady Smith said.
Hudgens’ followers on Instagram alerted the media, and authorities took note of the news coverage. The photo of the carving quickly was removed from her page.
“She was caught in the act because she publicised it and she’s famous,” Smith said. “I’m sure there are others who are not famous and publicised it and we’ve never known.”
Smith said carvings destroy the natural beauty of the area and create the perception among the public that it’s OK to deface rock walls. Damaging a natural feature is punishable by up to six months in jail and a $5,000 fine.
Jennifer Young, president of Friends of the Forest said about 10 to 15 volunteers responding to reports of vandalism set out in the Red Rock Ranger District every other week in search of reported graffiti and use wire brushes, sandpaper and a specialised drill to clean it up.
“Unfortunately, there’s a lot that happens,” she said.
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Jonathan Hall
>Hudgens is best known for her role as Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical TV-movie franchise. kek
Xavier James
is that vanessa or ashley?
either way holy cow what a frikin babe
Brandon Cook
vanessa, are you blind
Luis Lopez
JUST
Kevin Lee
Blah blah celebrities get the same treatment blah blah
James Robinson
Is this a real thing? You have to pay shit or go to jail for carving a heart into a rock?
Seriously? Has humanity really come to this?
Easton Hall
>Actress carved her and boyfriend’s name with a heart on a geologic rock formation in Arizona Is she 12? What a stupid cunt.
>Hudgens is best known for her role as Gabriella Montez in the High School Musical TV-movie franchise. fucking kek
It's a National Park, shitskin. I bet you're one of them wetbacks just like she is. Sick fucking cunts need to fuck off back to your own country.
James Torres
>>It's a National Park, shitskin. It's a rock, moron.
If not even rocks belong to the commons, what good is society and who does it benefit?
Jackson Perry
Vanessa is hot she can do whatever she wants. Fuck those gay rocks!
Andrew Ortiz
Rock fucker detected
Chase Lopez
>natural landscapes are for the public >this means use them as you see fit
Cooper Kelly
>It's a rock, moron.
Poor bait, as nobody is actually this stupid.
Brandon Reyes
Are you a fucking retard? Do you not understand the concept of a national park? Are you some kind of Irish traveler?
Blake Lee
This. Her feet, especially her soles are GORGEOUS. Gorgeous soles = you are a goddess and can do what you want.
Austin Ward
A drawing on a rock is "vandalization"? I guess the People's Republic of USA should posthumously extradite all cave painters and put a bullet into their skulls?
It seems that the concept is "a private place that a normal person is not allowed to act like a creative human being with emotions in, for the benefit of an undisclosed party, with the excuse of this benefiting "everyone", oh except that person lol", am I close?
Brandon Walker
I got fined for cutting down trees in National Park because i wanted to build my own cuckshed.
I hate this country. I will move to Sweden or Finland with my wife and wife's kids.
Gavin White
Bieber won
Adam Martinez
First carvings then illegal cucksheds then ignoring NEPA regulations and clear cutting native oldgrowth. It's about not allowing harmful precedents.
Noah Richardson
>I will move to Sweden or Finland with my wife and wife's kids. Good. Fuck off, faggot.
Ryan Thompson
she is literally hitler
Cooper King
>It's about not allowing harmful precedents. To normal people, while the people heading various corporations have done a billion times worse and will continue to do so.
Lincoln Harris
Ok you're a retard.
Christian Wood
Excellent argument, I'm sure the audience is convinced.
