‘Jackass’ star Bam Margera to face trial on assault cost in combat with brother, decide guidelines

WEST CHESTER, Pa. — WEST CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — “Jackass” star Bam Margera should stand trial on costs that he punched his brother throughout an altercation at their house close to Philadelphia, a decide dominated Thursday whereas ordering him to get a drug and alcohol screening to stay free on bail.

Margera, 43, has pleaded not responsible to the misdemeanor costs, which embrace easy assault and making terroristic threats. He has been free on $50,000 bail and stated Thursday that he has been in drug and alcohol therapy this 12 months and dwelling with former Los Angeles Lakers star Lamar Odom.

“I’m not attempting to get him in bother right here. I simply need him to get the assistance as a result of I really feel like that is our final probability,” Margera’s brother, Jess Margera, stated in testifying about what he referred to as 20 years of troubling conduct by his brother, which he stated escalated throughout a “horrifying and unpredictable” two-week go to house in April.

He stated that Bam — upset on a Sunday morning after seeing a textual content that instructed he wanted psychological well being therapy — struck him within the nostril and ear and ruptured his eardrum. Jess Margera’s girlfriend referred to as police after Bam kicked in her bed room door, he stated.

“I do not know what we’re doing right here,” lawyer Michael van der Veen stated. “This can be a disagreement between two brothers on a Sunday morning over espresso.”

He argued that the brothers typically carry out such antics for the cameras. The Chester County Justice of the Peace rejected the argument, noting that no cameras had been rolling on the time.

Prosecutors agreed to drop two of 4 counts of terroristic threats stemming from allegations that Bam Margera threatened to shoot numerous members of the family and left his brother a threatening observe. Neither the brother nor prosecutors instructed that he had entry to a gun.

By the tip of the listening to — which was delayed for a number of hours by Bam Margera’s delayed flight from California — each side appeared most focused on guaranteeing that he stays in therapy.

“We wish to be sure to’re protected, safe and alive,” stated Choose Albert Iacocca, who requested what had motivated him to go to therapy this 12 months.

“To see my son Phoenix, who’s 5,” Bam Margera stated.

Margera, who additionally starred within the MTV actuality sequence “Viva La Bam,” wrote on social media after his arrest that the allegations “are usually not true,” and the brothers threatened to sue one another over the battle.

“I do not care concerning the cash,” Jess Barbera stated. “My brother’s a very good dude when he’s not tousled. I do not suppose he would harm a fly. It is simply when he is been up for days, it is scary.”