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THE co-founder of Invisible Children, the charity behind the viral campaign KONY 2012, has been arrested for alleged drunkeness and masturbating in public.
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Police in San Diego said the 33-year-old filmmaker was allegedly found vandalising cars in the city, and was possibly under the influence.

TMZ reported that Russell had been hospitalised and being held for up to three days for psychiatric assessment.

Lieutenant Andra Brown told NBC news that Mr Russell had been acting very strangely.

The chief of Invisible Children, Ben Keesey, said in a statement: “Jason Russell was unfortunately hospitalized yesterday suffering from exhaustion, dehydration, and malnutrition. He is now receiving medical care and is focused on getting better.

"The past two weeks have taken a severe emotional toll on all of us, Jason especially, and that toll manifested itself in an unfortunate incident yesterday.

"Jason’s passion and his work have done so much to help so many, and we are devastated to see him dealing with this personal health issue. We will always love and support Jason, and we ask that you give his entire family privacy during this difficult time.”

Invisible Children has come under fire for its campaign, which seeks to bring Joseph Kony, the Ugandan leader of the violent Lord’s Resistance Army, to justice for crimes against humanity. Many have criticised the charity for how it spends its money.

In an official account of the $13.7 million it raised in the 2010/11 financial year, $8.8 million was allocated for expenses - including filming costs, transportation and production.

Russell, who is described on the Invisible Children website as "our grand storyteller and dreamer", began the Kony campaign after he travelling to Gulu, northern Uganda, in 2003 and befriending a local boy, Jacob Acaye.

Jacob was one of the children hiding from Kony's brutal regime, a regime that claimed the life of his brother. Jacob watched him die

Russell co-founded Invisible Children as a not-for-profit organisation tasked with "advocacy and inspiring America's youth to 'do more than just watch'".

He describes himself as a radical, rebel soul and dream evangelist. In March last year, he revealed his inspirations to PMc Magazine: "If Oprah, Steven Spielberg and Bono had a baby, I would be that baby."

Russell's freedom fighter character further includes an attraction to pregnant women and a son whose actual middle name is Danger.

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good on him. the guy got famous and then decided to smoke some PCP in celebration