Pierce Brosnan fined $2,000 for walking too close to hot springs

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Pierce Brosnan pleaded guilty to walking too close to dangerous geothermal pools.

The former James Bond actor, 70, pleaded not guilty two months ago to trespassing on the hot springs in Yellowstone National Park in November, where acid rising from the ground can reach boiling temperatures.

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A Wyoming judge accepted the actor’s plea and ordered him to pay a fine of more than $1,500 US dollars (approximately $2,029 Canadian dollars) for the crime, with his payment to go to a nonprofit organization in charge of preserving the park.

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Brosnan admitted Thursday that he violated federal regulations prohibiting pedestrian traffic near the Mammoth Terraces hot springs. A second charge accusing him of ignoring closure signs in the area was dropped as part of his plea deal.

Both crimes are classified as “misdemeanors/misdemeanors.”

Federal rules state that visitors to national parks must stay on designated trails and venturing off the boardwalk is punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $5,000.

Millions of people visit Yellowstone each year and at least 22 people have died from burns caused by the park’s springs and geysers.

A photo of Brosnan in the famous park was posted on an Instagram account mocking Yellowstone’s “tourons”: idiot tourists. It appeared to show the actor wearing sunglasses and a fedora posing next to snowy springs.

At the time of his crime, Brosnan was living in the area while filming a new movie.

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