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[norm9]

Adam Sandler — his legal name, but no relation to the comic actor — slipped the outfit over a sweat-drenched blue T-shirt before putting on the head with the famously googly eyes.

Then he got to work, playing Pied Piper for children going in and out of the Los Angeles Zoo and, hopefully, persuading their parents to slip a few dollars his way.

The 52-year-old has been dubbed a serial troublemaker from New York to San Francisco, and now L.A. He has been caught on video making anti-Semitic rants, got caught up in an extortion case involving the Girl Scouts and was accused of threatening to beat up another Cookie Monster.

The zoo has received a total of 67 formal complaints, in person and over social media, about Sandler since last year, she said.

“The general thought was that Adam Sandler was scary, disruptive, made people feel unsafe, and was a poor reflection on the zoo,” Spurlock said in an email.

On July 13, another Cookie Monster alleges, Sandler threatened to beat him up for stealing his business.

A manager at a business on Hillhurst said that Sandler has screamed at customers, made anti-Semitic comments, threatened him and spit in his face.

“I’m scared,” said Frankie Tirado, who said he has filed a battery report. “I would like to see him get some kind of help. I don’t think he belongs out on the street … no one wants to hear the Cookie Monster say he’s going to kill their family.”

He was indicted in 2013 for allegedly attempting to extort money from the Girl Scouts of the USA and stalking an employee.

According to court documents, in June 2007 the Girl Scouts hired Sandler through a temporary employment agency to work on a short-term computer programming project, according to a New York County district attorney’s office news release. His work on the project ended in November 2008.

Beginning in July 2012, he reportedly began sending harassing emails to his former supervisor at the Girl Scouts, according to the district attorney's office.

He later demanded a $2-million cash settlement or yearly lifetime income from the Girl Scouts and threatened to publicize false allegations about the organization if it did not comply, according to New York prosecutors.

Allan Sandler said. “All I can tell you — he’s my son, he’s a good kid.”

Before getting on a bus on a recent afternoon, a group of schoolchildren spotted Sandler waiting outside the zoo.

“Cookie Monster!” they shouted, as they ran to embrace the costumed character. They ran their hands over the blue costume, the front of which was held together by safety pins. Some sat on his leg to pose for photos, heedless of the notoriety in the grownup world surrounding the man behind the fuzzy, blue mask.

Full story at the link below-

http://www.latimes.com/local/california/la-me-ln-cookie-monster-20160926-snap-story.html

Om nom nom nom if old.

 

[HStallion]

Well that certainly went some unexpected places. Real life is truly stranger than fiction.

 

[Hollycat]

Is this the same guy as homophobic Elmo?

 

[Fat4all]

 

[norm9]

Is this the same guy as homophobic Elmo?

Maybe? They only mention that as Elmo he was anti-Semetic or xenphobic.

In 2012, Sandler — who previously dressed as Elmo — was caught by more than one video camera shouting anti-Semitic and xenophobic remarks in New York City.

 

[Air]

Never thought I'd see a cookie monster say something like 'the jews'

Welp...

 

[HStallion]

Never thought I'd see a cookie monster say something like 'the jews'

Welp...

 

[smurfx]

can we throw all adam sandlers in jail just to be safe?

 

[Count Dookkake]

This should be an Adam Sandler movie.

 

[FStop7]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016164/

the street performer biz is full of "interesting" people.

 

[Messofanego]

Which is worse, Cookie Monster saying he's going to kill your family or PaRappa the Rapper telling you to drop dead?

Haha legendary thread, poor Camjo Z

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=781553

 

[HStallion]

This should be an Adam Sandler movie.

Get on it Netflix.

 

[norm9]

Haha legendary thread, poor Camjo Z

http://m.neogaf.com/showthread.php?t=781553

Yo that thread is crazy hilarious.

Relatively recent thread and a ton of grayed out people too for some reason.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1016164/

the street performer biz is full of "interesting" people.

I need to rent that. Only 2 bucks on amazon. I prefer superhero to aspiring rappers as they're not making me hold a cd and trying to make me pay.

 

[Breads]

I would watch this netflix series.

 

[SatoAilDarko]

“The general thought was that Adam Sandler was scary, disruptive, made people feel unsafe, and was a poor reflection on the zoo,” Spurlock said in an email.

This makes me smile so much.

 

[norm9]

This makes me smile so much.