--- description: She posted a picture of the names "Austin + Vanessa" carved into the rocks. title: Vanessa Hudgens Under Investigation for Defacing Arizona Rocks image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf93e25132f9b6c7b/69887e072dce01b7749e7d9f/arizona-red-rock-vanessa-hudgens.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Vanessa Hudgens Is Under Investigation for Defacing Arizona's Protected Red Rocks by [Connor Mannion / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Connor Mannion / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2016 7:17 PM CUT  View of the red rock formations from Schnebly Hill Road near Sedona, Arizona, USA. View of the red rock formations from Schnebly Hill Road near Sedona, Arizona, USA.Wolfgang Kaehler—Getty Images by [Connor Mannion / NBC News](/author/nbc-news/) ## Connor Mannion / NBC News Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Feb 17, 2016 7:17 PM CUT Actress Vanessa Hudgens is under investigation for a social media post that has authorities wondering whether she and her boyfriend defaced one of Arizona’s protected red rocks. Hudgens on Monday posted a purported picture on her Instagram account — since removed — of a heart with the names “Austin + Vanessa” scratched into the face of one of the red rocks. Hudgens, 27, was with her boyfriend, actor Austin Butler, at Coconino National Forest in Sedona where she posted the snaps with the shared hashtag #sedonadreams. Other images from their outing were left on her account. National Forest Service Officer Brady Smith said… [_Read the rest of this story from our partners at NBC News_](http://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/vanessa-hudgens-under-investigation-allegedly-defacing-arizona-red-rocks-n520146?cid=par-time%5F20160217 "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4227964/vanessa-hudgens-defacing-arizona-red-rocks/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4227964/vanessa-hudgens-defacing-arizona-red-rocks/"},"headline":"Vanessa Hudgens Is Under Investigation for Defacing Arizona's Protected Red Rocks","datePublished":"2016-02-17T19:17:30.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:30:10.593Z","description":"She posted a picture of the names \"Austin + Vanessa\" carved into the rocks","url":"https://time.com/4227964/vanessa-hudgens-defacing-arizona-red-rocks/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","celebrities","viral","Courts","nature","National Parks"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf93e25132f9b6c7b/69887e072dce01b7749e7d9f/arizona-red-rock-vanessa-hudgens.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Connor Mannion / NBC News"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf93e25132f9b6c7b/69887e072dce01b7749e7d9f/arizona-red-rock-vanessa-hudgens.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"arizona-red-rock-vanessa-hudgens","caption":"View of the red rock formations from Schnebly Hill Road near Sedona, Arizona, USA.","creditText":"Wolfgang Kaehler—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":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4227964/vanessa-hudgens-defacing-arizona-red-rocks/","name":"Vanessa Hudgens Is Under Investigation for Defacing Arizona's Protected Red Rocks"}}]}] ```