Man Wielding Sledgehammer Smashes Donald Trump's Walk of Fame Star to Pieces
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The man, who's been identified as James Lambert Otis, said he planned to remove the star and auctioned it off to raise money for some women who accused Trump of sexual assault.

AceShowbiz - Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star was vandalized on early Wednesday morning, October 26. A man dressing like a construction worker showed up on Hollywood Boulevard at around 5:45 A.M. and smashed the star to pieces using a sledgehammer and a pickax he brought.

The man was later identified as James Lambert Otis. In a video obtained by Deadline, he's shown repeatedly hammering the star located near the Dolby Theatre, and removing Trump's name as well as the television logo while some people filmed him.

In an interview a few hours later, Otis said that he originally planned to remove the star and auctioned it off to raise money for the 11 women who have accused Trump of sexual assault. "The reason why I took the star was to auction it on Election Day, and raise as much money as I can for the women who have been exploited by Mr. Trump," he explained.

"I was just so fed up, so saddened and fed up by Mr. Trump and how he continues to denigrate women, and he continues to joke and make fun about sexual violence and his own exploits against women," he shared. "And personally, I have in my own family, several people who have been sexually assaulted, including my brother and it hurts a lot. It doesn't go away. It's an issue that's very important to me."

Trump received the Hollywood Walk of Fame star back in 2007, when he was best known for working on "The Apprentice". Since he announced his White House bid last year, the spot has been dafaced multiple times.

A few months ago, someone painted a mute sign over the star and an L.A. artist built a tiny wall around it in response to the Republican nominee's plans to build a wall separating the U.S. and Mexico.

The defaced star is currently being repaired and could cost the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce thousands of dollars. The organization's CEO Leron Gubler said that $3,000 and $10,000 would be needed to fix the damage.

"It's mostly the cost of the labor," Gubler explained. "The stars are composed of the brass symbols and the terrazzo is concrete with marble chips, so it's a process. It takes quite a bit of work - several hours worth. It'll take several days to season before they can polish and restore it."

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