The price of SEAL fame
What the arrest of the operator who claimed he shot bin Laden tells us
You may have heard about the recent arrest of Robert O’Neill, a former member of SEAL Team Six who claimed he killed Osama bin Laden.
O’Neill, a 47-year-old, red-headed Montana native, was jailed on August 23 in Frisco, Texas on charges of assault causing bodily injury and public intoxication, both misdemeanors.
SEALs getting into bar fights isn’t exactly front-page news, but O’Neill assaulted a hotel security guard who was trying to help the visibly intoxicated SEAL get to his room.
According to a police report obtained by The Dallas Morning News, O’Neill is accused of calling the hotel security officer a racial slur and then striking him in the chest. (O’Neill denied using racist language but not the assault or drunkenness.)