A Glendale man who smashed President Trump’s Walk of Fame star with a pickax last year was charged Monday with stealing a glittery sculpture of Marilyn Monroe from atop a public art installation on Hollywood Boulevard.
A Glendale man was charged this week with grand theft for allegedly stealing a sculpture of Marilyn Monroe from atop the"Four Ladies of Hollywood” gazebo. with a pickax last year was charged Monday with stealing a glittery sculpture of Marilyn Monroe from atop a public art installation on Hollywood Boulevard.
The sculpture of the famed Hollywood actress has perched high above the “Four Ladies of Hollywood” gazebo — a statuesque gateway to the Walk of Fame — for the last 25 years. The work, which depicts Monroe in an iconic pose from the 1955 film “The Seven Year Itch,”The stainless steel statue was erected at the corner of Hollywood Boulevard and La Brea Avenue in 1994. At the top, the likeness of Monroe stood on a spire that spelled out “Hollywood.
,” in reference to the lack of variation among the statues of the four women below and, up top, the perceived sexualization of Monroe.,” Councilman Mitch O’Farrell said this month after the sculpture was stolen. “We have a witness who saw someone climb this structure and saw off the statue at the top.”Forensics experts hoisted a ladder to the top of the installation and found prints, but it was not clear whether that was how they linked Clay to the crime.
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