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Pierce Brosnan Pleads Not guilty To Hiking In Protected Thermal Areas At Yellowstone National Park
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Pierce Brosnan has pleaded not guilty to illegally entering protected thermal areas of Yellowstone National Park after receiving citations in November, according to new court filings.
The James Bond actor, 70, was issued citations for walking “in all thermal areas and w/in Yellowstone Canyon confined to trails and “violating closures and use limits” on Nov. 1. He was originally ordered to appear at the Yellowstone Justice Center on Jan. 23.
Brosnan entered his plea on Jan. 4, according to court records, and a judge granted his request to cancel his scheduled Jan. 23 court appearance. Instead, a virtual hearing was scheduled for Feb. 20.
TMZ last month published photos posted then deleted by the actor, which appear to show him in the restricted areas.
According to Yellowstone National Park’s website, the park is home to a variety of hydrothermal features, including geysers; hot springs; mudpots, which are acidic hot springs that dissolve the surrounding rock; fumaroles, or steam vents; and travertine terraces, which are hot springs that rise through limestone, depositing calcite into terraces.
In its guidelines for safely exploring the hydrothermal features, the park warns that more than 20 people have died from burns suffered after they entered or fell into Yellowstone’s hot springs.
Boardwalks and trails protect you and delicate thermal formations, the park warns. Water in hot springs can cause severe or fatal burns, and scalding water underlies most of the thin, breakable crust around hot springs.
Brosnan was reportedly in Wyoming filming the upcoming Western “Unholy Trinity,” alongside Samuel L. Jackson, at the Yellowstone Film Ranch in Paradise Valley.
TMX contributed to this article.
