Trump star vandal arrested for Marilyn statue theft in Hollywood
(Artdaily.org)

A man convicted of vandalizing President Donald Trump`s sidewalk star in Hollywood last summer has been arrested for stealing a statue of Marilyn Monroe from a nearby monument. Austin Clay, 25, was identified by police from video surveillance footage. Having discovered that he was on parole after a conviction for damaging Trump`s star on the famous Hollywood `Walk of Fame,` investigators searched his home Friday. According to local media reports, they found evidence linking him to the theft of the statue. The statue itself -- showing Monroe in her famous flying skirt pose from `The Seven Year Itch` (1955) -- has not been found. It had been perched atop a small gazebo at the beginning of the `Walk of Fame`, part of a monument dedicated to Hollywood`s most famous actresses. According to authorities, a witness saw a man climbing the structure on the night of June 16 and using a saw