--- ---  # Police Arrest Man Who Says He Smashed Donald Trump's Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Oct 27, 2016 7:15 PM UTC  The vandalized star for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Oct. 26, 2016, in Los Angeles. The vandalized star for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is seen on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Oct. 26, 2016, in Los Angeles.Richard Vogel—AP by [Abigail Abrams](https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/) ## Abigail Abrams Oct 27, 2016 7:15 PM UTC Los Angeles police on Thursday arrested the man who [destroyed Donald Trump’s star](http://time.com/4546122/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed/) on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. James Otis, a Beverly Hills resident, previously [told Deadline](http://deadline.com/2016/10/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed-vandals-1201842842/) that he was behind the vandalism. Dressed as a construction worker, Otis said he took a sledgehammer and a pick-ax to the star shortly before 6 a.m. on Wednesday. He spoke about his negative feelings toward the Republican presidential nominee, telling the [Los Angeles _Times_](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-trump-vandalism-20161026-snap-story.html) that he did not like Trump’s behavior. “I just sort of had enough with Mr. Trump’s aggressive language toward women and his behavior, his sexual violence with women and against women,” Otis said. Otis planned to turn himself in on Thursday, the [Los Angeles _Times_ reported](http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-trump-starpdestroyed-20161027-story.html), but he wanted to hold a press conference at the scene of the crime before doing so. Police foiled this plan, arresting Otis on suspicion of smashing the star, according to the _Times_. Police estimated the damage to the star would cost about $2,500, which means Otis could face a felony vandalism charge that could land him in jail for up to three years. Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame Star: Arrest Made ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4548269/donald-trump-hollywood-star-destroyed-arrest/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4548269/donald-trump-hollywood-star-destroyed-arrest/"},"headline":"Police Arrest Man Who Says He Smashed Donald Trump's Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame","datePublished":"2016-10-27T19:15:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-03-31T10:20:18.565Z","description":"The man had said he would turn himself in","url":"https://time.com/4548269/donald-trump-hollywood-star-destroyed-arrest/","keywords":["Donald Trump"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1365ae9aa81d3dd2/6988abdfab6d77e6866abb94/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed-hammer-arrest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Abigail Abrams","jobTitle":"","url":"https://time.com/author/abigail-abrams/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt1365ae9aa81d3dd2/6988abdfab6d77e6866abb94/donald-trump-hollywood-walk-of-fame-star-destroyed-hammer-arrest.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Trump Star Vandalized","caption":"Trump Star Vandalized","creditText":"Richard Vogel—AP","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/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/donald-trump/","name":"Donald Trump"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4548269/donald-trump-hollywood-star-destroyed-arrest/","name":"Police Arrest Man Who Says He Smashed Donald Trump's Star on Hollywood Walk of Fame"}}]}] ```