John Mayer Mugshot: TMZ Vs. The Smoking Gun

Posted on: August 27th, 2009 by: Andrea3 comments

Here it is…the $25,000 John Mayer mug shot. The big question now is who gets the money?

John Mayer issued a challenge to TMZ’s Harvey Levin via Twitter:

”if Harvey Levin at TMZ can produce my mugshot, I will donate 25k to the *charity of his choice.”

Mayer was arrested in Atlanta on May 26, 2001, for driving on a suspended license. The case was dismissed a month later on June 26.

The Smoking Gun took up the challenge of finding the mug shot, figuring that “while he technically made the offer to TMZ,” the challenge applied to any other site who could dig up the mug shot.

The Smoking Gun beat TMZ to the punch by mere minutes, posting Mayer’s mug shot at 3:03 p.m. TMZ followed moments later, posting the photo at 3:10 p.m. Both sites received the photo from an administrative assistant with the Atlanta Department of Corrections.

So, to whom does Mayer owe the $25,000? The challenge was directly issued to Levin, but TSG posted it first. What do you think? Who should get the money?

*TMZ has said they will donate the money to an animal charity.

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3 Responses to “John Mayer Mugshot: TMZ Vs. The Smoking Gun”

Keny Luger, on August 27th, 2009 at 5:11 pm Said:

TMZ should still get the money. The terms were “If Harvey Levin can produce my mugshot…” Not if he can produce it first or before any other site.

TMZ took the challenge and produced the mugshot so they should get the money.
ConcretelyAmbiguous, on August 28th, 2009 at 5:37 am Said:

Wow. What happened to Southern Hospitality? If l were him I’d try to find out who surfaced the photo…unless he did it to get more publicity.. You never know with John Mayer.
jean, on August 28th, 2009 at 6:47 am Said:

Mayer looks like he’s got jaundice here Eww!