In a sad update, Irene Bedard, the voice behind Pocahontas in Disney’s animated feature film, was arrested last Friday.
Disney stars are often in the spotlight for not-so-great reasons, and this recent report of the Pocahontas star is much the same. Bedard was arrested in Greene County, Ohio, for disorderly conduct—the arrest report is not pretty.
According to a police report obtained by TMZ, police said that officers were conducting a “welfare check” after receiving reports that a woman had passed out in the bushes on a residential street in the area.
Per the article,
“When police arrived, they say they found Irene in a nearby parking lot and she displayed a roller coaster of emotions … one moment she’s talking calmly with cops and the next she’s upset and crying. Cops say Irene was with another woman, Sheila, who told police the name of someone they could contact for Irene … causing Irene to scream about not wanting that person to get involved. Officers say Irene then dashed away from them and almost knocked over a table on the sidewalk.”
According to the report, Irene stopped running and calmly walked with the cops for a moment before becoming furious over a previous interaction with the police.
This interaction might be in reference to the incidents back in November 2020 when Bedard was arrested twice over three days, and the police body cam showed her behaving in a hostile manner with the officers who came to talk with her.
The article mentions that after things allegedly got heated, “Irene backed into a large window while yelling at the officers, who grabbed her by the wrist for fear she would shatter the glass,” and proceeded to escort her away.
Eventually, per the report, Bedard had to be led away from the scene, handcuffed, and restrained. Unfortunately, that’s not all. Police say that the actress became deadweight when they were taking her to the car and so even had to be held up.
This isn’t the first report from TMZ about less-than-happy occurrences relating to Disney — be it the stars, the Theme Parks, or otherwise.
Bedard was finally taken to Greene County Jail, where she was booked for disorderly conduct and was supposedly released from custody on Sunday.
