Jason Russell, Invisible Children Co-Founder, Reportedly Detained for Public Masturbation, Vandalizing Cars in Underwear
Updated on second page with VIDEO of the meltdown and exclusive details from the San Diego PD. (Correction: Russell wasn't arrested, only detained. Headline has been changed.)![]()
americanlivewire.com Jason Russell in Uganda.
According to NBC San Diego, cops caught the "storyteller and dreamer" behind the Kony 2012 campaign running around Pacific Beach yesterday morning -- going batshit crazy and wreaking havoc on the college party town.
Jason Russell, 33, was "allegedly found masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly under the influence of something" ...
... reports the local news station. San Diego police Lieutenant Andra Brown tells reporters that the Invisible Children co-founder was dressed only "in his underwear" and "acting very strange" when cops detained him at Ingraham and Riviera, on the "Crown Point" of P.B.
He appeared to be drunk or on some kind of drug:
Police said they received several calls yesterday at 11:30 a.m. of a man in various stages of undress, running through traffic and screaming.
After the Kony 2012 video went viral earlier this month, many news outlets have followed up with critiques of Invisible Children, saying those concerned about child slavery and violence in Uganda might want to think twice before donating to the San Diego-based charity.
KONY 2012 from INVISIBLE CHILDREN on Vimeo.
Russell, who was reportedly arrested in broad daylight near the bridge to Ocean Beach, is described in his Invisible Children bio as "radical" and "insane":![]()
Invisible Children
Jason "Radical" Russell is a co-founder of Invisible Children, as well as our grand storyteller and dreamer. His sparks of creative intelligence and insanity have propelled IC to redefine the concept of humanitarian work, offering new life to old hope. A filmmaker by trade, Jason graduated from the University of Southern California's film school with a degree in Cinema Production. He admires Oprah, Bono, Steven Spielberg, Walt Disney, Steve Jobs, Baz Luhrmann, and Dan Eldon and believes wholeheartedly in magic and the impossible. Already a proud papa to Gavin Danger and Everley Darling, Jason wants to have nine more children with his beautiful wife Danica‚ the girl who has been his best friend for over 23 years.
In response to criticism that Invisible Children only spends one-third of its budget on ground-level aid and supports the controversial Uganda military, Russell recently
told CNN:
"We're an unorthodox organization. We work outside of the traditional box of what you think about charity and nonprofit."
No kidding. We're calling the San Diego Police Department for more. Check back for updates.
UP NEXT: Invisible Children gives its take on what happened to Russell, and we speak with the SDPD.

































