I have really tried to avoid posting anything about Don Vito's sexual assault charges for groping a 14-year-old girl and two 12-year-old girls last August. Im taking a side on what may or may not have happened, but I am remaining neutral because everyone is lawsuit happy and that can not be denied!

Today some news bubbled up which I would like to bring to attention, and I will just restate it:

MTV’s ‘Don Vito’ was ‘in character’ during groping

But what exactly does that mean? Is it ok for someone to be so outrageous they are committing crimes? Im certainly no legal expert here, but the defense attorney had this to say:

But defense attorney Pamela Mackey said that when Margera stepped out of his Jeep for the appearance at the skate park, he took on the persona of the outrageous and profane Don Vito, the character he played on MTV's show "Viva La Bam," which starred his nephew, Bam Margera.

The defense attorney went on in her opening statment to paint, what I thought, was a pretty solid picture of how this 'character' was created.

A painter of cars until his rapid rise to fame with the teen set, Margera "quickly learned the crazier he was, the more the kids loved it," Mackey told the jury in her opening statement. "Fans came to see the crazy, outrageous, profane uncle. That's who they wanted their picture taken with. Fans expected to see Don Vito, not Vincent Margera. You may find the behavior vulgar and disgusting, but it was done to amuse, to entertain, to get a laugh."

Im still not sure if any Judge is going to buy this, or Adult for that matter.
This just reminds me of how Video Games make us go out and Kill people, or Listening to Marilyn Manson caused the Columbine shootings.