guwapo_rocker
08-18-2004, 05:50 PM
Canada won their first gold of these Olympics
in the how to be a dumbass event.
Canuck is the dink in the drink
FACES JAIL IN ATHENS FOR STUNT
By JIM MORRIS, THE CANADIAN PRESS
AFTER FOUR days of Olympic competition in Athens, Canada can lay claim to a bronze medal in diving and the fool in the pool. With Greece spending $1.9 billion Cdn on security, Olympic organizers were not amused after a 31-year-old Montreal man jumped off the three-metre board at the diving venue Monday.
The half-naked man had GoldenPalace.com, an Internet casino, written on his front and back. The stunt was captured on video.
GoldenPalace.com, which has used the man for similar publicity stunts in the past, identified him as Ron Bensimhon. But spokesman Drew Black said Bensimhon jumped into the Olympic pool on his own.
Bensimhon was arrested and charged with "interrupting the Games," said a spokesman with the Greek government.
He is due in court today.
Bensimhon faces a misdemeanour charge of violating the normal running of the Games. The maximum penalty is five years in jail but a more likely outcome is a 30-day sentence or a fine.
Olympic organizers said they had tightened security at venues as a result of the stunt. "We are going to put security guys around the field of play," Marton Simitsek, an Athens 2004 executive, said.
The incident happened Monday during the synchronized diving competition.
Bensimhon made headlines earlier this year in Dortmund, Germany, when he came on the ice at the world figure skating championships wearing skates, a tutu, ski goggles and a small top hat with the casino name written on his body.
He got five months in prison, but is out pending appeal.
in the how to be a dumbass event.
Canuck is the dink in the drink
FACES JAIL IN ATHENS FOR STUNT
By JIM MORRIS, THE CANADIAN PRESS
AFTER FOUR days of Olympic competition in Athens, Canada can lay claim to a bronze medal in diving and the fool in the pool. With Greece spending $1.9 billion Cdn on security, Olympic organizers were not amused after a 31-year-old Montreal man jumped off the three-metre board at the diving venue Monday.
The half-naked man had GoldenPalace.com, an Internet casino, written on his front and back. The stunt was captured on video.
GoldenPalace.com, which has used the man for similar publicity stunts in the past, identified him as Ron Bensimhon. But spokesman Drew Black said Bensimhon jumped into the Olympic pool on his own.
Bensimhon was arrested and charged with "interrupting the Games," said a spokesman with the Greek government.
He is due in court today.
Bensimhon faces a misdemeanour charge of violating the normal running of the Games. The maximum penalty is five years in jail but a more likely outcome is a 30-day sentence or a fine.
Olympic organizers said they had tightened security at venues as a result of the stunt. "We are going to put security guys around the field of play," Marton Simitsek, an Athens 2004 executive, said.
The incident happened Monday during the synchronized diving competition.
Bensimhon made headlines earlier this year in Dortmund, Germany, when he came on the ice at the world figure skating championships wearing skates, a tutu, ski goggles and a small top hat with the casino name written on his body.
He got five months in prison, but is out pending appeal.