--- description: The homeless youth Miley brought with her to MTV's VMAs turned himself into Oregon police, who had an outstanding warrant for his arrest. title: The homeless man Miley Cyrus brought to the VMAs turned himself in to police image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf175ddd7d1a277f/6986a0b9adae44b613544abe/miley-cyrus-homeless-jesse-mtv-vmas-2014.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Homeless Man Miley Cyrus Brought to the VMAs Turned Himself in to Police by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 29, 2014 12:12 PM CUT  My Friend's Place representative Jesse accepts Video of the Year (on behalf of Miley Cyrus) for 'Wrecking Ball' onstage during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Aug. 24, 2014 in Inglewood, Calif. My Friend's Place representative Jesse accepts Video of the Year (on behalf of Miley Cyrus) for 'Wrecking Ball' onstage during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Aug. 24, 2014 in Inglewood, Calif.Kevin Winter—Getty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Aug 29, 2014 12:12 PM CUT The homeless youth Miley Cyrus brought with her to MTV’s Video Music Awards last weekend [turned himself in to Oregon police](http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2014/08/28/authorities-lookout-homeless-jesse-helt/14767999/ "undefined") late Thursday night. Jesse Helt, 22, had an outstanding [warrant](http://time.com/3182440/miley-cyrus-homeless-youth-arrest/ "undefined") for his arrest for violating his probation. Cyrus had Helt accept her music video of the year award for “Wrecking Ball” in order to raise awareness for homeless youth. However, Helt’s appearance on the VMAs resulted raised flags among police in Oregon, where Helt is actually from. Helt arrived in jail with 10% of his $25,000 bail, Sheriff Bob Wolfe [told the _Statesman Journal_.](http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2014/08/28/authorities-lookout-homeless-jesse-helt/14767999/ "undefined") In a Monday interview, Helt’s mother said that Cyrus had given Helt enough cash to visit home. \[[_Statesman Journal_](http://www.statesmanjournal.com/story/news/crime/2014/08/28/authorities-lookout-homeless-jesse-helt/14767999/ "undefined")\] ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3221239/miley-cyrus-vma-police/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3221239/miley-cyrus-vma-police/"},"headline":"The Homeless Man Miley Cyrus Brought to the VMAs Turned Himself in to Police","datePublished":"2014-08-29T12:12:21.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T09:55:43.498Z","description":"Jesse Helt gained unwanted police attention after the wanted youth accepted Miley Cyrus' award for music video of the year","url":"https://time.com/3221239/miley-cyrus-vma-police/","keywords":["Crime","Miley Cyrus","celebrity"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf175ddd7d1a277f/6986a0b9adae44b613544abe/miley-cyrus-homeless-jesse-mtv-vmas-2014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltaf175ddd7d1a277f/6986a0b9adae44b613544abe/miley-cyrus-homeless-jesse-mtv-vmas-2014.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"My Friend's Place representative Jesse accepts Video of the Year (on behalf of Miley Cyrus) for 'Wrecking Ball' onstage during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Aug. 24, 2014 in Inglewood, Calif.","caption":"My Friend's Place representative Jesse accepts Video of the Year (on behalf of Miley Cyrus) for 'Wrecking Ball' onstage during the 2014 MTV Video Music Awards at The Forum on Aug. 24, 2014 in Inglewood, Calif.","creditText":"Kevin Winter—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3221239/miley-cyrus-vma-police/","name":"The Homeless Man Miley Cyrus Brought to the VMAs Turned Himself in to Police"}}]}] ```