Comedian blames ex-employeefor drug arrest
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Associated Press
Published: September 16, 2008
ATLANTA (AP) - Ron White of the “Blue Collar Comedy Tour” says a former employee angry over not getting a severance tipped off Florida police that he was carrying marijuana.
The Atlanta-based comedian described the incident that led to his arrest last week on the tarmac of a private air strip in VeroBeach, Fla., as “extortion, plain and simple.” The 51-year-old White told The Atlanta Journal Constitution that his former pilot, Scott Wolcott of Conyers, Ga., made the call to police.
Wolcott denied the allegations in a phone interview with the newspaper.
White didn’t deny he was carrying marijuana. He said his California doctor prescribes him the drug for medical use, although he did not say for what condition.
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