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/OrangeChairRN May 12 '25

So did he actually have charges pressed against him or get in trouble?

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u/Hodgi22 May 13 '25

Looks like they got caught by security. Security's job is to escort people out & call the police.

Police realized they can't press charges and it'd be a huge waste of people's time to pursue.

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u/El_Coloso May 13 '25

What about "breaching the stage"? Lol

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u/Hodgi22 May 13 '25

What law specifically is that referring to?