Despite reports that a “Good Samaritan” came to the rescue after Gary Coleman’s weekend arrest on domestic violence charges, two producers for the former child star’s latest feature, Midgets vs. Mascots, are claiming they are actually responsible for Gary’s freedom as part of a deal that will allow them to feature the actor’s uncensored penis in the forthcoming film.
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Coleman was arrested over the weekend on a warrant for failing to appear in court. The 41-year-old actor was released from a Utah jail Monday after posting bail.
Coleman fan Jarrod Clarke he put up the bail for the actor’s release, according to The Salt Lake City Tribune.
“I’m just a Good Samaritan, I guess,” he told the newspaper Tuesday. “He just had a sad [mug shot] picture. To see that he was sitting in there — and he’d been there for 27 hours — and bail was only $1,700, I thought somebody probably ought to do something.”
Yet two Hollywood executives say that simply isn’t so. In a statement, the producers insists the Diff’rent Strokes actor, who had been threatening legal action over nude footage of him in their straight-to-DVD mockumentary, agreed to drop his claim in exchange for the $1,725 bail.
“The footage in question occurred during an improvised moment in a shower scene when Mr. Coleman attempted to break up a fight between two little people,” the producers said in a statement contradicting the “Good Samaritan Tale.” “During the scuffle, Mr. Coleman’s robe split open to reveal more than he had planned. The producers stand behind their position that Mr. Coleman signed multiple documents allowing any and all footage, including both scripted and unscripted moments, to appear in the film. The producers simply agreed to bail out Mr. Coleman as an ‘olive branch’ and to avoid any potential litigation….”