An unhinged Australian woman who managed to slug 3 liters of vodka has been slapped with a criminal conviction after she glued googly eyes on a massive sculpture during her drunken stupor.
Amelia Vanderhorst, who was also high on MDMA at the time, was convicted on Tuesday of defacing the $95,000 statue — nicknamed the “Blue Blob” — in Mount Gambier late last year.
Her lawyer, Michael Hill, blamed her poor judgment on the large amounts of vodka she guzzled and the drugs she’d taken earlier that night, the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported.
Amelia Vanderhorst was convicted on Tuesday of defacing the $95,000 statue — nicknamed the “Blue Blob” — in Mount Gambier. Instagram / Amelia VanderhorstVanderhorst, 20, was nabbed afte posting video on social media of herself using superglue to stick eyes on the sculpture.
The drunken clip quickly went viral — sparking complaints from the local government.
At her sentencing hearing, Vanderhorst’s lawyer said she had only wanted to make the sculpture look funny after seeing similar viral stunts.
The 20-year-old was arrested after she posted video on social media of herself sticking the eyes on the sculpture. Instagram / Amelia VanderhorstVanderhorst was remorseful, however, and has since acknowledged it was “one of the stupidest things I’ve ever done,” Hill added.
The Mount Gambier City Council coughed up nearly $3,000 to repair the statue, according to cops.
Under her plea deal, Vanderhorst was ordered to pay a $1,300 ($2,000 AUD) fine and complete 60 hours of community service.
