Comedian Blames Ex-Employee For Drug Arrest

By The Associated Press
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Ron White says his former pilot, who was angry about not getting severance pay, tipped off Florida police that he was carrying marijuana. Comedian Blames Ex-Employee For Drug Arrest
Published: Mon, September 15, 2008 - 1:01 pm
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 Vero
Beach, 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, though
he did not say for what condition.

(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)

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oh and really there is something called bleed air in the cabin with would allow him, the passenger to vent the smoke out anyway, the comedian owns a citation VII which has a wall and door beteen the crew and pax, its not open like a smaller airplane, for pax privacy, kind of difficult to amarous with two old men right in fron of you watching. its just all a big funny story i guess. i hope its decriminalized in florida so he doesnt get in any real trouble. the pilot knows what going on and he just is trying to play it up.

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carl that was just to mostly identify this pilot guy has some real issues, his 21 year old son stole a jet and went joy riding in it, he sued the sherrif where his son was incarcarated for not allowing dental floss in the jail, the sheriff moved his son in with a dentist awaiting trial for murdering his wife at the same jail so he would have 24 hour access to a dentist. then this guy rants on what a bad boss the comedian was on dr phils site, the pilots stories were funnier than the blue collar comedy tour in both the depth and wide variety of issues he has had to deal with,. the guy gets caught in his own 4 million dollar jet riding alone in the back with three grams of marijuana. sutable for a major crime story. i hope it was good stuff! i remember the 70’s distantly but not lately. have to work you know.

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I didn’t really study both of your previous sites you posted but it seemed someone was trying to get some illegal substances flown back into the states with them from their trip. There’s plenty of room for a comedy skit on having to fly around with oxygen masks on to keep from getting high at 30,000 ft.

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http://www.accessatlanta.com/entertainment/content/entertainment/stories/2008/09/11/ron_white_drug_charges.html

there are too many stories to post about this pilot but you can get the picture… funnier than the blue collar tour

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“Uh, I smoke it for my post traumatic disorder from my divorce and seeing all the destruction from the hurricanes”. Boy do I get a kick out of all the amusing excuses from all the pot heads. I think I would think more of them if they would just say” I smoke it because it gets me high”. At least it would make me think they were aware of what the effects were. I think I know what condition he is suffering from and I don’t think the pot will help,LOCS or better known as Lack Of Common Sense. rolleyes

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like we didint suspect he might have smoked some marijuana before this? i wonder how many man hours were expended surveiling, investigating, and prosecuting this guy for a minor marijuana possession charge that will probably dismissed if he has a prescription from his california doctor.

people that fly on private jets usually like privacy so it will be interesting to see who hires this scott fellow as a pilot. if thats all the pilot could come up with mister white should be alright. pretty amusing non news to me, like when mccartney or willie nelson get caught for the same thing. not expected but not surprised,  certainly not shocked

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