Remember when Vanessa Hudgens posted that picture of her and boyfriend Austin Butler next to a carved heart om a red rock in Arizona, back on Valentines? And then hastily removed it after realising it was a federal offence to deface US Forest Service features?
Well, the actress has been forced to pay a $1000 fine for her rule-breaking, which will reportedly be used "by a volunteer group called Friends of the Forest to help restore the rock wall, which is usually done by scrubbing or sanding the rock."
She could have faced up to six months in jail – so we’d say that’s a good result for Hudgens and Butler.
Coconino National Forest Public Affairs Officer Brady Smith told Us Weekly: “The issue of people carving their names and other things in rocks in the Sedona and surrounding area is always a challenge we face, and try to inform people about its destructive nature. We have found that when one person carves something, it encourages others to carve.”
Lessons learnt here: