# Celebrities Who Used Fame to Break Laws

> Celebrities avoided legal consequences using their fame: speeding tickets, sexual abuse, and more.
- Title: Celebrities Who Used Fame to Break Laws · BuzzFeed | Shortify
- Summary: Celebrities avoided legal consequences using their fame: speeding tickets, sexual abuse, and more. Celebrities used their fame to avoid legal consequences…
- Keywords: rita ora, tom holland, kit harington, alec baldwin, nathan fillion, jimmy savile, r. kelly, chris brown, harvey weinstein, speeding ticket, sexual assault, legal consequences
- Source: BuzzFeed — https://buzzfeed.com/kristenharris1/celebrities-who-used-fame-to-break-the-law
- Published: 2026-10-22T11:31:02+00:00
- Read time: 2 min
- Topics: rita ora, tom holland, kit harington, alec baldwin, nathan fillion, jimmy savile, r. kelly, chris brown, harvey weinstein, speeding ticket, sexual assault, legal consequences
## Rita Ora's Birthday Party
In 2020, Rita Ora broke London's lockdown rules by offering a restaurant £5,000 to host her birthday party.

> I attended a small gathering with some friends to celebrate my 30th birthday. It was a spur of the moment decision... I'm deeply sorry for breaking the rules and in turn understand that this puts people at risk.
## Tom Holland Avoids Ticket
Tom Holland avoided a speeding ticket after his wife Zendaya told police he was Spider-Man.

> They recognized that he was Spider-Man, and we were fine. We got a warning, and everything was okay.
## Kit Harington's Game of Thrones Spoiler
Kit Harington gave police a Game of Thrones spoiler to avoid a speeding ticket.

> I was going over the speed limit. And I feel the sirens go off behind me, and this policeman comes up, pulls me over. A bit sheepish, I said, 'I'm really sorry. I didn't... I wasn't looking at the clock.'
## Alec Baldwin's NYC Bike Ride
Alec Baldwin got arrested for riding his bike the wrong way down NYC streets in 2014.

> How old are these officers, that they don't know who I am?
## Nathan Fillion's Autograph Trick
Nathan Fillion got out of a speeding ticket by giving an autograph to a police officer's wife.

> I said, 'Great. ... What's your wife's name?' He said, 'Lily.' So I wrote, 'To Lily…'
## Deric Augustine's Tinted Windows
Deric Augustine avoided a ticket for tinted windows after police recognized him from The Rookie.

> I recently got pulled over because of my tinted windows, and the officer recognized me from The Rookie. He let me go.
## Jimmy Savile's Sexual Abuse
Jimmy Savile sexually abused hundreds of people over 60 years, including children, from the 1940s to 2009.

> It is now clear that Savile was hiding in plain sight and using his celebrity status and fundraising activity to gain uncontrolled access to vulnerable people across six decades.
## R. Kelly's Child Sexual Abuse
R. Kelly sexually abused girls and women for nearly 30 years, leading to a 30-year prison sentence.

> He was sentenced to 30 years in prison for sexual exploitation of children and producing child sexual abuse images.
## Chris Brown's Assault on Rihanna
Chris Brown choked, bit, and hit Rihanna during a 2009 Grammy performance.

> He choked her, bit her, hit her, and tried to push her out of a car.
## Harvey Weinstein's Sexual Assaults
Harvey Weinstein sexually assaulted multiple women over decades, leading to a 23-year prison sentence.

> He was sentenced to 23 years in prison for sexual misconduct, oral copulation, and rape.
## Harvey Weinstein's Legal Battles
Harvey Weinstein faced multiple legal battles after being accused of sexual assault, including a 2024 overturned conviction.

> In 2024, Weinstein's NYC sex crime conviction was overturned by the New York State Court of Appeals.
## Harvey Weinstein's Current Status
Harvey Weinstein is currently serving 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting a Project Runway production assistant.

> In September 2026, Weinstein was sentenced to 15 years in prison for sexually assaulting Miriam Haley, a Project Runway production assistant, in 2006.
## Rita Ora's Apology
Rita Ora apologized for breaking lockdown rules by hosting a birthday party.

> I'm deeply sorry for breaking the rules and in turn understand that this puts people at risk.
## Rita Ora's Fine
Rita Ora was fined £10,000 for breaking London's lockdown rules.

> She was fined ten thousand pounds.
## Rita Ora's Mother
Rita Ora disappointed her mother, who works for the NHS, by breaking lockdown rules.

> She was upset with me, that was the worst bit, seeing her working every day and coming home exhausted and knowing what I did was obviously avoidable.
## Key takeaway

Celebrities used their fame to avoid legal consequences including speeding tickets and sexual abuse allegations.