Actress Jessica Alba will not be cited in connection with the shark posters she admitted plastering in downtown Oklahoma City, police said Monday.
Police had been investigating Alba after a blogger posted pictures of her plastering posters of sharks downtown, including on city property and a United Way billboard, earlier this month. The actress, who is in Oklahoma filming a movie in Guthrie, apologized for her role in the incident.
"I got involved in something I should have had no part of,” Alba said in a written statement sent to The Oklahoman. "I realize that I should have used better judgment, and I regret not thinking things through before I made a spontaneous and ill-advised decision to let myself get involved with the people behind this campaign. I sincerely apologize to the citizens of Oklahoma City and to the United Way for my involvement in this incident.”
Police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said Monday the investigation into Alba’s actions was closed because owners of property damaged by the posters declined to pursue charges.
He said closing a case without issuing a citation "is not at all uncommon in property crime cases where the victim does not want to pursue charges.”
City Parks and Recreation Department workers noticed posters of sharks on utility boxes June 5, police said. Blogger White Mike posted photos on a shark conservation blog that depicted Alba putting the posters on the billboard and city property.
Posters were placed on United Way and Oklahoma Gas and Electric Co. property. The groups said they weren’t interested in pressing charges.
from the oklahoman
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