More hot water for MTV uncle

Myung Oak Kim, Rocky Mountain News

Published August 27, 2007 at midnight

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MTV personality Vincent Margera, known as "Uncle Don Vito" on the show Viva La Bam, faces more legal trouble in connection with charges that he fondled girls during an appearance at the Colorado Mills mall in August 2006.

The television star has been charged with 12 felony counts of violating bail, prosecutors announced today.

Authorities did not disclose details of those charges except to say that they happened in Pennsylvania where he lives and did not involve sexual contact. His first court appearance on those charges is scheduled for Sept. 5 in Jefferson County Court.

Margera was supposed to go on trial today in connection with three counts of sexual assault filed by three girls, ages 13 to 15, who claim he groped and fondled them during an autograph session at the mall. One girl testified at a preliminary hearing in February that Margera felt her buttocks and thigh and another girl said he grabbed her breast. He pleaded not guilty.

The assault trial was delayed until Oct. 22, according to the Jefferson and Gilpin District Attorney's Office.

Margera is free on $50,000 bail. His attorney could not be reached for comment.

The conditions of his bail included no use of drugs or alcohol, no contact with children and the requirement to notify authorities of any business travel.

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