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Pierce Brosnan has pleaded guilty to going in an off-limits area of Yellowstone National Park, reversing his earlier plea of not guilty after he received two federal citations. The 70-year-old actor was accused of committing two petty offenses — “foot travel in all thermal areas and w/in Yellowstone Canyon confined to trails” and “violating closures and use limits” — at the park in Wyoming last fall. According to court documents filed in U.S.
1, Brosnan posted photos on Instagram showing him standing on a Yellowstone thermal feature, according to the U.S. attorney’s office in Wyoming. The photos appear to have since been deleted. “There are signs posted in the area that warn visitors of the dangers of thermal features and state that visitors must remain on the designated boardwalks and trails,” the U.S. attorney’s office said in a news release.
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