Chris Shelton Reportedly Angered by $20 Cover Charge
Additional details about the circumstances surrounding Apprentice candidate Chris Shelton's arrest are surfacing, complete with a semi-informed opinion from fired candidate and jerk (formerly undercover-jerk) John Gafford.
Apparently, Gafford might have been very loosely connected to the brouhaha. Flyers were recently distributed at the University of South Florida advertising the chance to attend a birthday party for Gafford. If there's anything a former Apprentice candidate knows how to do, it's hand out flyers.
Gafford says he was not at the hotel at the time of the incident but he has talked to Shelton about it. He says Shelton told him he refused to pay a $20 cover charge to enter the bar because he had already spent $2,000 on a hotel room. "It's so ludicrous. The hotel handled the situation very poorly from top to bottom," claims Gafford. He adds, "Sometimes he wears his emotions on his sleeve. We're all portrayed on the show as certain characters, and unfortunately this will play into his."
According to Seminole police spokesman Gary Bitner, Shelton was staying with some friends at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, and they were celebrating his success on The Apprentice early Sunday morning. Bitner also says that Shelton became angry about that $20 cover charge for the hotel bar. Well, hefty cover charges are pretty ridiculous. Still, while millionaires don't stay millionaires by wasting money, what's with the $2,000 hotel room? Of course, displeasure with a cover charge doesn't excuse disorderly conduct, not to assume that Shelton is guilty of the charge. According to the police report anyway:
Shelton was released after posting $250 bail.
NBC spokesperson Jim Dowd said, "We don't really have any comment," and went on to comment that "this is clearly a private matter with Chris."
Apparently, Gafford might have been very loosely connected to the brouhaha. Flyers were recently distributed at the University of South Florida advertising the chance to attend a birthday party for Gafford. If there's anything a former Apprentice candidate knows how to do, it's hand out flyers.
Gafford says he was not at the hotel at the time of the incident but he has talked to Shelton about it. He says Shelton told him he refused to pay a $20 cover charge to enter the bar because he had already spent $2,000 on a hotel room. "It's so ludicrous. The hotel handled the situation very poorly from top to bottom," claims Gafford. He adds, "Sometimes he wears his emotions on his sleeve. We're all portrayed on the show as certain characters, and unfortunately this will play into his."
According to Seminole police spokesman Gary Bitner, Shelton was staying with some friends at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, and they were celebrating his success on The Apprentice early Sunday morning. Bitner also says that Shelton became angry about that $20 cover charge for the hotel bar. Well, hefty cover charges are pretty ridiculous. Still, while millionaires don't stay millionaires by wasting money, what's with the $2,000 hotel room? Of course, displeasure with a cover charge doesn't excuse disorderly conduct, not to assume that Shelton is guilty of the charge. According to the police report anyway:
"There were several patrons in the area who were visibly shaken by his actions. After several attempts to calm Shelton, he continued to yell and curse, refusing to calm down and stop causing a scene."
Shelton was released after posting $250 bail.
NBC spokesperson Jim Dowd said, "We don't really have any comment," and went on to comment that "this is clearly a private matter with Chris."
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