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'Apprentice' Shelton Contestant Arrested
AP ^ | 04/11/05

Posted on 04/11/2005 8:15:09 AM PDT by nypokerface

TAMPA, Fla. - Real estate millionaire Chris Shelton, a contestant on NBC's "The Apprentice," was arrested on a disorderly conduct charge.

Shelton, 22, one of six remaining contestants competing for a job with Donald Trump, was taken into custody early Sunday at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. He was released after posting $250 bail.

A tribal police officer said he heard a noisy Shelton in the hotel lobby and asked him twice to calm down before arresting him, said Seminole police spokesman Gary Bitner.

"He was loud and he just wouldn't calm down," Bitner said.

Shelton was peeved over a $20 cover charge for the hotel bar. Shelton "was at the lobby causing a scene," the police report said. "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 and some friends were staying at the hotel and celebrating his continued success on "The Apprentice," Bitner said.

"We don't really have any comment," NBC spokesman Jim Dowd said. "This is clearly a private matter with Chris." All but the final episode has been taped, and it isn't known if Shelton makes it that far.


TOPICS: Miscellaneous; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: apprentice; chrisshelton
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1 posted on 04/11/2005 8:15:10 AM PDT by nypokerface
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To: nypokerface

He went off his chew tabaccy, a move I cheered but it seems he really needs it!


2 posted on 04/11/2005 8:16:11 AM PDT by cyborg (Feel the FReeper Love)
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To: nypokerface

This guy Chris was always rather short-tempered on the show. A DOC charge doesn't surprise me.


3 posted on 04/11/2005 8:16:33 AM PDT by hispanichoosier
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To: nypokerface
Shelton was peeved over a $20 cover charge for the hotel bar.

$20 cover charge? Whadda scam...

4 posted on 04/11/2005 8:19:23 AM PDT by Diddle E. Squat
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To: nypokerface
I think the next thing he is going to hear is "YOUR FIRED!"

BTW: I just want to say, I hate Trump. He was against the war in Iraq and Bush because the rebuilding of Iraq drove up the cost of construction supplies here in the USA. What a putz.

5 posted on 04/11/2005 8:19:29 AM PDT by Lockbar (March toward the sound of the guns.)
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To: nypokerface

...and then there were five...


6 posted on 04/11/2005 8:23:55 AM PDT by Coop (In memory of a true hero - Pat Tillman)
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To: nypokerface

Just goes to show that money doesn't necessarily buy class.


7 posted on 04/11/2005 8:25:23 AM PDT by dfwgator (Minutemen: Just doing the jobs that American politicians won't do.)
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To: nypokerface

I don't watch TV, so obviously I haven't followed this show, but I'm curious....this fellow is a "real estate millionaire" at 22? How did that happen? Did he inherit a family business?


8 posted on 04/11/2005 8:25:36 AM PDT by sassbox
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To: Lockbar

Trump was against the war but I heard him say that he did vote for President Bush. He said Bush's policies were better than Kerry's.


9 posted on 04/11/2005 8:26:18 AM PDT by motherof 3
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To: Diddle E. Squat

Uhhh...here's an idea.

Don't go.


10 posted on 04/11/2005 8:26:42 AM PDT by AppyPappy (If You're Not A Part Of The Solution, There's Good Money To Be Made In Prolonging The Problem.)
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To: dfwgator

Te-RAY-suh proved that multiple times last year.


11 posted on 04/11/2005 8:28:30 AM PDT by I'm ALL Right! (Welcome to my addiction.)
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To: motherof 3
Trump was against the war but I heard him say that he did vote for President Bush. He said Bush's policies were better than Kerry's.

You are correct about Trumps position in the election. He specifically mentioned Bush's tax policy as a reason to support Bush

12 posted on 04/11/2005 8:29:26 AM PDT by GWB00
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To: motherof 3
Trump was against the war but I heard him say that he did vote for President Bush. He said Bush's policies were better than Kerry's.

You are correct about Trumps position in the election. He specifically mentioned Bush's tax policy as a reason to support Bush

13 posted on 04/11/2005 8:29:30 AM PDT by GWB00
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To: GWB00

Trump would have voted for Hitler if meant he would pay fewer taxes.


14 posted on 04/11/2005 8:31:04 AM PDT by dfwgator (Minutemen: Just doing the jobs that American politicians won't do.)
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Maybe he was justified in his anger. Maybe not. Let's see the security tape and hear from witnesses. If he was playing DYKWIA or being a jerk, he deserves what he got. Sometimes, though, it's the complaining establishment that's the real bully.


15 posted on 04/11/2005 8:32:03 AM PDT by vollmond (Head back to base for debriefing and cocktails.)
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To: nypokerface

"Do you know who I am?"


16 posted on 04/11/2005 8:33:03 AM PDT by FoxInSocks
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To: nypokerface

This guy is chump. How he made it out of jail as long as he has amazes me.


17 posted on 04/11/2005 8:33:14 AM PDT by Fierce Allegiance (Free Republic is funded solely by donations. mail to:FreeRepublic LLC POBox 9771 Fresno CA 93794)
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To: nypokerface
Shelton and some friends

That guy has friends?

18 posted on 04/11/2005 8:33:23 AM PDT by BillF (Fight terrorists in Iraq & elsewhere, instead of waiting for them to come to America!)
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interesting


20 posted on 04/11/2005 8:33:26 AM PDT by since1868
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