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Fired Up `Apprentice' Contestant Arrested At Casino
By PACM
Published: Apr 11, 2005
TAMPA - Christopher Shelton has felt the wrath of Donald Trump. Now he's feeling the wrath of the law.
Shelton's bad boardroom behavior on NBC's reality show ``The Apprentice'' led Trump to call him ``a loser'' and ``a hothead.'' Seminole police - saying Shelton threw a temper tantrum early Sunday morning in the lobby of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino - arrested the reality television star and charged him with disorderly conduct after he argued with staff about a cover charge at a hotel bar.
Police said they asked Shelton to calm down several times. When Shelton continued to yell and curse, police arrested him. According to a police report, several people in the lobby were visibly shaken by Shelton's actions.
Shelton, a Las Vegas native, was in town on business and to celebrate the birthday of fellow ``Apprentice'' contestant John Gafford.
Gafford, a Tampa resident, was not at the hotel when the incident happened but spoke with Shelton on Sunday morning. He said Shelton told him the argument began when hotel staff asked him to pay a $20 cover charge to enter the bar and that Shelton refused, saying he already had spent $2,000 on a hotel room.
Gafford believes hotel staff overreacted.
``It's so ludicrous,'' Gafford said. ``The hotel handled the situation very poorly from top to bottom.''
Shelton posted $250 bail and was released late Sunday morning.
Shelton and Gafford were cast for the current season of the ``The Apprentice,'' a reality show featuring contestants competing to win a job with real estate mogul Donald Trump. Filming of the season finished several months ago, but the winner won't be announced until the show's live finale in May. Gafford was ``fired'' on March 10.
NBC Entertainment would not comment on Shelton's arrest, but said the incident ``is not an NBC situation.'' The program is owned by Mark Burnett Productions. Contestants sign a contract with the production company prohibiting them from talking with the media until they are ``fired.''
A publicist for Mark Burnett Productions did not return a telephone call or e-mail.
Shelton is one of the show's final six contestants and will appear in this week's episode. Shelton acknowledged having an anger management problem on a recent episode. Gafford said Shelton's arrest won't help his quick-tempered reputation.
``Sometimes he wears his emotions on his sleeve,'' Gafford said. ``We're all portrayed on the show as certain characters, and unfortunately this will play into his.''
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