Mugshots of A-List Celebs Who Were Caught Red-Handed

Elvis Presley

This is not a real mugshot! A lot of people think it's real and spread it around as "iconic" because the King was in his classic get-up. The mugshot was taken by the Denver Police but it was for an honorary badge, not a mugshot. Presley was being honored for donating to the construction costs of a local gym when.

Martin Luther King Jr.

Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. was arrested in 1956 in Montgomery, Alabama. He was participating in the Rosa Parks-inspired bus boycott in a protest against segregation. This arrest didn't smear his record, though, and he eventually won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. 

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The More You Know

  • Uncle Phil from Fresh Prince of Bel-Air was also the voice of Shredder from the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles cartoon.
  • Shakira was banned from her school’s choir, and her classmates said she sounded like a goat.
  • Actor Joaquin Phoenix was born in a cult, which might help explain why his siblings were named River, Rain, Liberty, and Summer. Their parents were members of Children of God group, which was founded in the 1960s.
  • Model Chrissy Teigen is pretty comfortable in her skin, but there’s one body part she refuses to show in photos: her feet.
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Post originally appeared on Upbeat News.