Dog The Bounty Hunter becomes the Hunted
Duane "Dog" Chapman, whom many of us have come to know and love as the Hawaii-based reality star of the A&E series "Dog, The Bounty Hunter", was arrested this past Thursday for failing to appear in a Mexican court following charges of conspiracy and illegal detention of Max Factor heir Andrew Luster on June 18, 2003, in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico.
It is indeed ironic that Dog, who is known as much for his preachy sermons to bail jumpers as he is for his over-the-top agressiveness in hunting down and apprehending fugitives, has himself been arrested for bail jumping.
The sticky wicket that Dog now finds himself in is a result of the little-known fact that bounty hunting is as illegal in Mexico as, say, bail-jumping is in the United States. Woops. Mexican authorities evidently do not abide by the credo of "letting sleeping Dogs lie".
Now, my wife and I are fans of Dog, so for us this kind of sucks. I mean, we feel bad for him because we like the guy that we see on television. In fact, I even called cross-country and woke my wife up at 3a.m. one morning when I was in Los Angeles for a TV appearance and my driver mentioned to me that he had just driven Dog in the same car a few days earlier. Cool stuff.
But alas, Dog has been brought down to size. At least for now. I, for one, hope he is able to clean up the mess he has created for himself. Unfortunately, it may be somewhat difficult for him to avoid paying a hefty price, because, as they say, the law is the law.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. This is yet another example of a person's biggest strength being his biggest weakness. Dog's biggest strength: his relentless pursuit of fugitives. His biggest weakness: His ignorance of the very laws he upholds as a bounty hunter. Ironic indeed.
Perhaps Dog can in part blame his canine namesake for his problems. As the saying goes, every Dog has his master. And in this case, Dog's master speaks espanol.
Aloha? Nope, try Hola. Or, perhaps more fitting, adios.
It is indeed ironic that Dog, who is known as much for his preachy sermons to bail jumpers as he is for his over-the-top agressiveness in hunting down and apprehending fugitives, has himself been arrested for bail jumping.
The sticky wicket that Dog now finds himself in is a result of the little-known fact that bounty hunting is as illegal in Mexico as, say, bail-jumping is in the United States. Woops. Mexican authorities evidently do not abide by the credo of "letting sleeping Dogs lie".
Now, my wife and I are fans of Dog, so for us this kind of sucks. I mean, we feel bad for him because we like the guy that we see on television. In fact, I even called cross-country and woke my wife up at 3a.m. one morning when I was in Los Angeles for a TV appearance and my driver mentioned to me that he had just driven Dog in the same car a few days earlier. Cool stuff.
But alas, Dog has been brought down to size. At least for now. I, for one, hope he is able to clean up the mess he has created for himself. Unfortunately, it may be somewhat difficult for him to avoid paying a hefty price, because, as they say, the law is the law.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. This is yet another example of a person's biggest strength being his biggest weakness. Dog's biggest strength: his relentless pursuit of fugitives. His biggest weakness: His ignorance of the very laws he upholds as a bounty hunter. Ironic indeed.
Perhaps Dog can in part blame his canine namesake for his problems. As the saying goes, every Dog has his master. And in this case, Dog's master speaks espanol.
Aloha? Nope, try Hola. Or, perhaps more fitting, adios.
posted by chrismanganello at 4:44 PM
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