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MazeRunner: The Scorch Trials Star Dylan O’Brien Admits That He and Other Actors Stole Artifacts From Ancient Indian Burial Ground While Filming In Albuquerque

This is a truly disgusting story and reminds me of Poltergeist. Hopefully he and the other cast members are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law, even more so for the casual way he seemingly brushed all of it off…

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According to The Hollywood Reporter and the video footage from “Live! With Kelley and Michael” (9/15/15 show), “star” Dylan O’Brien admits that he and other cast members stole ancient Pueblo artifacts while filming at a Native American site in Albuquerque, New Mexico, even after being told not to.

The actual statements take place at the 4:34 mark…

“During the interview, O’Brien told hosts Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan that the cast of the Maze Runner sequel shot part of the film at an ancient Indian burial ground.

“It hadn’t been used for filming ever before … They gave us this big speech when we got there to shoot, and they said, ‘Don’t take anything. Respect the grounds,’ ” he said. “They were very strict about littering and don’t take any artifacts like rocks, skulls — anything like that. And everyone just takes stuff, you know, obviously.” He then went on to mention that five actors fell ill within one week of leaving the site, jokingly alluding to the idea that a Native American curse had punished them for it.”*

According to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act, “it is a criminal offense to traffic in Native American human remains without right of possession or in Native American cultural items obtained in violation of the Act. Penalties for a first offense may reach 12 months imprisonment and a $100,000 fine.”

There is a petition on Care2 that has over 23,000 signatures that is demading the crew apologize and return all artifacts that were taken. You can view the petition here.

*From the Yahoo article, which can be found here.

Dedman13

Owner of Slit of the Wrist FX and producer, actor, FX artist and writer.

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