Posted on 04/20/2005 7:54:40 AM PDT by areafiftyone
Police said they arrested a man for spitting on two-time Academy Award-winning actress Jana Fonda during a book-signing stop in Kansas City Tuesday night.
Fonda, 67, spoke at Unity Temple, in The Plaza shopping district, about her new best-selling book, "My Life So Far," and her new movie with Jennifer Lopez called "Monster-In-Law."
At about 9 p.m., police said, a man who had been waiting in line for about 90 minutes, passed a book to Fonda and then spit a large amount of tobacco juice into her face.
They said the man then ran away and was taken into custody by off-duty officers, who were providing security for the event.
Fonda declined to prosecute the man.
Michael A. Smith, 54, was arrested and charged with disorderly conduct, which is a city charge.
In 1972, Fonda was photographed sitting in a North Vietnamese anti-aircraft tank. About her involvement in the Vietnam War, Fonda has apologized for her anti-aircraft tank photo. She has called it an incredible lapse in judgment
Awesome!
Is that what they're calling treason these days? No comment about the guy who spit on her ;D
Josey Wells?
Damn! He beat me to it!
.......another disabled Vet.
This guy made a huge mistake. He should have brought a buddy along to capture the unholy baptism on film.
Well, I don't care for Ms. Fonda, but I don't see where spitting on her changes anything.
I do my part by NOT buying her book or watching her on tv. Boycotting her and encouraging others to do so is far more effective. Hitting someone in the pocketbook sends a clear message.
I appreciate this guy's initiative, but didn't he get the memo? The item to throw these days is salad dressing.
This is just as bad as them hitting us with pies.
She refused to press charges????
Damn.. maybe she has seen the light??
She desrves jail time for treason and the spitter deserves a handshake.
She should have pressed charges and thrown this moron in jail.
I can't stand Jane Fonda - she makes my blood boil - but what this moron di is a tactic that the other side uses.
If you can't defeat someone on the weight of your ideas you resort to infantile pie throwing or spitting.
It is an embarassment that many here seem to be supporting this guy's efforts.
Spitting in someone's face that you don't happen to like is the kind of behavior Nazi thugs engaged in. Not something to be proud of.
"...Fonda has apologized for her anti-aircraft tank photo. ..."
So Clintonesque... Heard her on the radio regarding this.
It seems she was upset NOT because she knew she did something wrong, but because she let herself be photographed doing it.
GETTING CAUGHT is what she regrets...
While I may not agree with his tactic...maybe now hanoi jane knows how it feels to be spit upon. Wonder if SHE liked it. As for pressing charges...I dont' think she would have been that stupid.
And a dang waste of perfectly good spit, too.
Thank you, Mike. Hope it happens at all her book signings.
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