Mar 16, 2012 5:17pm
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Invisible Children co-founder and director of the ?Kony 2012? viral video Jason Russell, 33, is receiving medical care after he was found allegedly masturbating in public, vandalizing cars and possibly being under the influence on Thursday, according to reports.
Russell was allegedly walking around an intersection wearing ?speedo-like underwear.? �He then removed the underwear and made sexual gestures, sources told TMZ, which posted video of a publicly naked man purported to be Russell.
Several bystanders held Russell down until police arrived, ABC?s San Diego affiliate reported.
San Diego police spokesperson Lt. Andra Brown told NBC San Diego that Russell was ?screaming, yelling, acting irrationally.? He was running into the roadway and interfering with traffic, although there were ?no reports of actual collisions.? Bystanders reported he was in ?various stage of undress,? although by the time police arrived, he had his ?underwear back on.?
Ben Keesey, CEO of Invisible Children, said Russell had been dealing with health problems and was hospitalized after the incident on Thursday.
?Jason Russell was unfortunately hospitalized yesterday suffering from exhaustion, dehydration, and malnutrition. He is now receiving medical care and is focused on getting better,? Keesey said in a statement. ?The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday. ?
In the past two weeks, a 30-minute video produced and voiced by Russell has gone viral. Supporters, many of whom learned about alleged Ugandan war lord Joseph Kony for the first time through the video, purchased t-shirts and action kits to help fund Invisible Children?s quest to bring Kony to justice.
?Jason?s passion and his work have done so much to help so many, and we are devastated to see him dealing with this personal health issue,? Keesey said. ?We will always love and support Jason, and we ask that you give his entire family privacy during this difficult time.?
Russell, who has two children, is a filmmaker by trade. The viral video, which has logged over 100 million views, features the activist trying to teach his son, Gavin Danger, 5, about the warlord.
?We want to do some epic things because our time on Earth is so short,? Russell told ABC News as his campaign was taking off. ?Why not do this? Start here with Kony. Use him as the example of what injustice looks like in the world and then we?re going to move to the next one and the next one.?
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Source: http://feeds.abcnews.com/click.phdo?i=ba9109bb1c5d2af1a51c7e840b492ecc
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