Robert F. Kennedy Jr. will be spared legal em-bear-assment for bizarrely dumping a black bear cub’s carcass in Central Park because his 2014 park prank is beyond the statute of limitations for any crime or violation, former Manhattan prosecutor Mark Bederow and state wildlife officials told The Post.
He’ll at least be spared the legal “em-bear-assment.”
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. won’t face charges for bizarrely dumping a black bear cub’s carcass in Central Park because his 2014 prank is beyond the statute of limitations for any crime or violation, according to legal experts and state wildlife officials.
Beyond that, no crime in New York law would apply to the independent presidential candidate’s admitted actions of stumbling over a roadkill carcass and deciding to skin it for meat, before, ultimately opting with his drunken buddies’ scheme to dump it in Central Park and make it look like a bicycle accident.
“That’s absolutely bonkers and he’s guilty of being crazy but apparently under the New York Agricultural and Markets Law dumping a dead bear carcass in Central Park and planting a bike to stage a fake cause of death is not a crime,” former Manhattan prosecutor Mark Bederow told The Post.
“If it was a domestic animal, you’re obligated to bury it underground several feet within 72 hours. But bears that you find dead, prefer to eat and then stage fake accidents in Central Park, apparently is not covered by the law.”
James Periconi, an environmental lawyer, said that while Kennedy did many wrong things, none appeared illegal.
