A man has revealed he was arrested while taking his daughter to school after failing to return a VHS movie he rented in 2001.
James Meyers, 37, posted a video on his YouTube channel describing the moment he was pulled over on Tuesday in Concord, North Carolina, for a broken taillight.
But after officers ran his licence he was asked to step out of the vehicle and informed there was a warrant for his arrest from 2002 for not returning the movie Freddy Got Fingered to a rental store in Kannapolis.
Meyers said he initially thought the officer was joking.
He was allowed to drop his daughter off at school and go to work after agreeing to turn himself in to police later that day, but was then arrested.
He said: "The officer said 'I don't know how to tell you this but there's a warrant out for your arrest from 2002. Apparently you rented the movie Freddy Got Fingered and never returned it'."
The rental store has since closed, but Meyers has been given a court date of 27 April. He could face a fine of up to $200 if convicted.
Tom Green, who starred in and wrote Freddy Got Fingered, said he would help out Meyers financially.
The 44-year-old comedian offered to help after one of Meyers' friends shared his story on Twitter.
He told the New York Daily News: "If it's 200 bucks of course I'll pay it for him, just for the principle of the thing."
(Sky News)
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