5th September, 2008
Sean Penn throws people into New Orleans water to rescue them
Sean Penn is in a New Orleans jail tonight, accused of throwing several people into a flooded channel in order to rescue them later while cameras were rolling. Three years ago in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, Penn took it upon himself to take a boat to New Orleans to help victims stranded by the floods. But this time around, most of the city was evacuated for Hurricane Gustav. "Mr. Penn was upset that he went all the way down there, and there was no one to rescue," says a local police officer. "He apparently was able to find several homeless men. He took them to a flooded channel and then proceeded to throw them into the water in order to perform a rescue operation."
Witnesses say that after Penn threw the homeless men into the water, he started screaming at his crew to start rolling their cameras. Two of the homeless nearly drowned. Penn was incarcerated by an officer who witnessed the incident. As this photo shows, Penn was also caught throwing a cup of water on one of the drowning men.
"I just hope they take that damn boat away from him for good," says one of the homeless men.
Tags: hollywood, hurricane, jail, photos, sean penn, stylePosted at 11:34 am |