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Paint huffer sues over mugshot (w/ pic)
Rack Ops
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http://wvgazette.com/News/200911300208
MCMECHEN, W.Va. -- A McMechen man whose mugshot won a measure of Internet fame is planning to sue companies he says are profiting from the image.
Patrick Tribett was arrested in Bellaire, Ohio, in 2005. Police say he had been huffing the fumes from gold spraypaint, and the lower half of his face was golden in his mugshot.
New Martinsville lawyer H. John Rogers says the image has appeared on T-shirts, coffee mugs and even a billboard in Europe.
Rogers says he's preparing lawsuits against four companies for using Tribett's image for financial gain.
After the 2005 incident, Tribett was charged at least three more times with public intoxication in West Virginia.
Rogers says Tribett has been sober for eight weeks and is making progress.
MCMECHEN, W.Va. -- A McMechen man whose mugshot won a measure of Internet fame is planning to sue companies he says are profiting from the image.
Patrick Tribett was arrested in Bellaire, Ohio, in 2005. Police say he had been huffing the fumes from gold spraypaint, and the lower half of his face was golden in his mugshot.
New Martinsville lawyer H. John Rogers says the image has appeared on T-shirts, coffee mugs and even a billboard in Europe.
Rogers says he's preparing lawsuits against four companies for using Tribett's image for financial gain.
After the 2005 incident, Tribett was charged at least three more times with public intoxication in West Virginia.
Rogers says Tribett has been sober for eight weeks and is making progress.
Comments
I FEEL ALL CHRISTMASSY!!!!
LOL LOL[:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
Tom
I can see Batman's next arch-villain on the making - "Golden Face".
[:0]
ARE YOU THREATININ ME ?
He is obviously just a proud die hard Golden State Warriors fan...[;)]
...How tacky to think the worst about this guy!
He is obviously just a proud die hard Golden State Warriors fan...[;)]
Sniff enough paint and your face goes sideways.
Plus, those eyes aren't right.
That looks terrible.
Good Lord I cant imagine being addicted to spray paint, I dont get that at all!
....pssst, anyone spare a little Hoppes, pay you back next week, I promise...[;)]
I thought it was gonna be the dude with the weird shaped head, and all the scratches on his HUGE forehead... That is a classic shot tho!!
Hmm....further research confirms this isn't his first rodeo.
Its funny how his mouth is in the same pose every mugshot. I've had this clowns pic in my photobucket account for years.
Now that's a classic!
LOL!!![:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D][:D]
[xx(]
I gotta know did u google that up or did u make it?
I was gonna make one of goldfinger smoking a cigarette, but yours topped that so now im not even gonna bother..
lmao off admins pic...
I gotta know did u google that up or did u make it?
I was gonna make one of goldfinger smoking a cigarette, but yours topped that so now im not even gonna bother..
grabbed it off Fark. The photoshop contests there are the funniest.
You're right, Psycho, that man's face is crooked.
Sniff enough paint and your face goes sideways.
Plus, those eyes aren't right.
* asymetry is a sign of problems with fetal neural development.
[xx(]
darwinism
Another classic...
Most folks don't look this happy in their mug shot--but perhaps he was just naturally happy.
on a side note...I don't think I will ever understand the whole huffing paint concept...
I've used various paints for their appropriate industrial and/or hobby uses: latex house, enamel model paint, spray paints...if there's poor ventilation all I get out of it is a headache and have to go outside, certainly not anything that can be considered a 'high' or even something mildly enjoyable [xx(]
http://www.news-register.net/page/content.detail/id/531548.html?nav=515
Would it be horribly inappropriate to start a pool on how long this guy can stay on the wagon? [}:)]
Isn't that guy out of an old Shatner-era Star Trek episode (The Menagerie)??
I think the hair's just a clever disguise by Bosley Hair Restoration.
They walk among us, folks.
[;)]