Bam Margera pleads not guilty after allegedly violating probation with DUI

Former “Jackass” star Brandon “Bam” Margera pleaded not guilty on Tuesday after allegedly violating his probation and being cited for an alleged driving under the influence incident in 2024.

The Philadelphia Inquirer had originally reported in September of 2024 that Margera was arrested by Pennsylvania State Police in Fulton County – in the south central part of Pa. – for misdemeanor driving under the influence and that the bench warrant in Chester County was for a violation of his drug and alcohol treatment.

This came after Margera was sentenced to six months on probation in June of 2024 after pleading guilty to disorderly conduct over an altercation at his home near Philadelphia.

Margera is scheduled to be in court again on April 7, 2026, his attorneys told NBC10.

Why was Bam Margera on probation in the first place?

Bam Margera was charged with assaulting his brother and making threats to other family members during what the brother called a “frightening and unpredictable” two-week visit home in 2023.

The plea ended a long legal case that spun out of his stay at the Chester County home known as “Castle Bam.” At a hearing, Margera told the judge he was getting drug and alcohol treatment.

Jess Margera, at the same court hearing, called his brother “a good dude when he’s not messed up,” but said he had exhibited troubling behavior for two decades and, while home, had been awake for days.

Jess Margera suffered a ruptured eardrum in the altercation, while Margera’s girlfriend at the time called police when he kicked in her bedroom door, the brother testified.

At the time of Margera’s June 2024 plea, lawyer William J. Brennan said Margera pleaded guilty to two summary offenses and was clean, sober and productive a year after the arrest.