Just weeks after Bam Margera’s estranged wife, Nikki Boyd, filed for legal separation from the Jackass star, he has gotten into more legal trouble.
The 43-year-old skateboarder and stuntman was arrested Thursday after San Diego County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in Escondido, California.
The woman alleged that Margera kicked her and he was arrested around 5:30 a.m., according to TMZ.
The victim is not Margera’s estranged wife, Nikki Boyd, but rather his current girlfriend, who has yet to be identified.
Bam was booked into the Vista Detention Center on the charge of ‘bodily harm to a current or former spouse, cohabitant, dating partner, or partner’.
More trouble: Just weeks after Bam Margera’s estranged wife, Nikki Boyd, filed for legal separation from the Jackass star, he’s gotten himself into more legal trouble.
Arrested: The 43-year-old skateboarder and stunt performer was arrested last Thursday, after San Diego County sheriff’s deputies were called to a home in Escondido, California.
Law enforcement sources say the unidentified woman told police her ‘husband’ kicked her, but sources say the victim is his current girlfriend and not Boyd.
Margera posted $50,000 bail and was released, and a spokesperson for the district attorney’s office said charges will not be filed from her office, though it is unclear if charges will be filed elsewhere.
The news comes just weeks after Margera’s ex Nikki Boyd filed for a legal separation of marriage on February 14, though she indicated the separation date was September 2021, citing irreconcilable differences.
“Nikki Margera felt compelled to file for legal separation from her husband, Bam Margera, due to his continued drug and alcohol abuse, erratic behavior and failure to provide support for her and their son,” said Nikki’s attorney, David Glass. , it’s a statement. statement to People.
“Nikki has put everything she has into trying to get Bam sober and trying to preserve his family,” Glass added.
Boyd requested legal and physical custody of their five-year-old son Phoenix, and Margera allowed supervised visitation on the condition that it occur in Los Angeles County, as long as he pays the costs.
She is also said to be seeking spousal support, stating that the reason for the separation was that she believed he was under the influence while he was spending time with his son.
Margera has been in and out of rehab multiple times before his estranged wife filed the papers, and many of his fans, who have followed his career and antics for years, gave his Instagram post some tough love.
Kicked: Police sources say the unidentified woman told police her ‘husband’ kicked her, but sources claim the victim is his current girlfriend and not Boyd.
Bail: Margera posted $50,000 bail and was released, and a spokesman for the district attorney’s office said they will not file charges from their office, though it is unclear if charges will be filed elsewhere.
One wrote a lengthy statement that included: ‘Stop pointing fingers at others for your own conduct. It won’t help you in the long run, Bam. You have to take responsibility for becoming the man you can be.
Another statement followed with the following admonition to himself: ‘Choose sobriety and choose to work the steps that will help you maintain it first for yourself and your child. (if being a present and loving parent is what you want).’
Bam responded to Nikki’s introduction on Instagram, along with a photo of him with his son.
“I am very disappointed in what Nikki and her attorney have said publicly about me as a parent. I love my son more than anything in this world,” Margera wrote.
In fact, I have been supporting my son. No one knows my side of the story, which saddens me. But I hope one day they will,’ he concluded.
Margera had celebrated a year sober in May 2022, though he was reported missing after fleeing his rehab facility in June, and was caught in an Atlanta bar in September after fleeing rehab again.
He was also hospitalized in December and put on a ventilator due to a combination of pneumonia and COVID-19 infection.
Margera revealed on Steve-O’s Wild Ride podcast that he suffered five seizures during his time in the hospital.
Sober: Margera had celebrated a year sober in May 2022, though he was reported missing after fleeing his rehab facility in June, and was caught in an Atlanta bar in September after fleeing rehab again.
Bam and Steve-O: Margera revealed on Steve-O’s Wild Ride podcast that he suffered five seizures during his hospital stay