Man held after huge movie billboard draped on Hollywood building near Oscar site
By APMonday, March 1, 2010
LA man held after huge movie ad draped on building
LOS ANGELES — A Los Angeles businessman who was arrested for investigation of draping a huge movie billboard over a Hollywood building near the site of the upcoming Oscars is due in court after a weekend in jail.
City attorney spokesman John Franklin says 49-year-old Kayvan Setareh is being held on a $1 million bail and will be arraigned Monday on three misdemeanor city code violations.
Authorities say Setareh was arrested after arranging for the eight-story ad for the upcoming movie “How to Train Your Dragon” to be hung at the interestion of Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue near the Kodak Theatre, site of Sunday’s Academy Awards.
City attorney’s officials say Setareh posted the unpermitted “supergraphic” despite warnings.
No telephone number was listed for Setareh. It was not immediately known if he had hired a lawyer.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles businessman who was arrested for investigation of draping a huge movie billboard over a historic Hollywood building is due in court after a weekend in jail.
City attorney spokesman John Franklin says 49-year-old Kayvan Setareh is being held on a $1 million bail and will be arraigned Monday on three misdemeanor city code violations.
Setareh was arrested at his Pacific Palisades home after allegedly arranging for the eight-story ad for the upcoming movie “How to Train Your Dragon” to be hung at a busy Hollywood intersection.
City attorney’s officials say Setareh posted the unpermitted “supergraphic” despite warnings.
No telephone number was listed for Setareh. It was not immediately known if he had hired a lawyer.
