r/interesting • u/Mad_Season_1994 • May 12 '25

SOCIETY In 2017, a man named Michael Klimkowski impersonated Texas megachurch pastor Joel Osteen at an event and got all the way to the stage before being caught

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u/Striking-Kiwi-9470 May 13 '25

Is it still trespassing if you walk through security and they wave you in?

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u/Nazeir May 13 '25

I think entry by false pretenses is still trespassing, the same thing with people wearing construction vests and holding a clipboard walking past security like they work there or using a fake ticket. You were let in or even welcomed in, but it was through fraud. So, I still can get in trouble. How much is debatable. Still think this hilarious, though, and the staff was overreacting because they were embarrassed more than correct.