PITTSBURGH | A woman portraying a police officer as a TV extra took her part one step too far by entering a courtroom where her son faced a weapons charge, police said. Kimberly Chapman was working as an extra Monday on the Spike TV series "The Kill Point," starring John Leguizamo. Later in the day, she showed up wearing her police costume at a Family Court hearing for her son.
Chapman, 47, of Wilkinsburg, told a court employee she was a police officer and was looking for the probation officer on the case, Pittsburgh police said. But Chapman and her attorney, James Ecker, said she never claimed to be an officer. Ecker said she simply rushed to the courthouse without changing out of the faux police uniform.
"She, without thinking, went up to juvenile court, never told anyone she was a police officer or anything," Ecker said. "She was very embarrassed by the whole thing." Police, however, said she identified herself as a Pittsburgh police officer to three people.
They charged Chapman with impersonating a public servant and theft because she allegedly didn't have permission to leave the downtown set with the $500 uniform, which is now being held as evidence. A production assistant on the show, Katie Shenot, confirmed Chapman worked as an extra and that she didn't have permission to leave the set in uniform. Extras must turn in all uniforms and props, which are secured by having the extras leave their identification with the crew.
"I am overwhelmed, flabbergasted," Chapman said. "Now I am not working at all." "The Kill Point," which also stars Donnie Wahlberg, is a hostage drama about a group of war veterans who try to rob a bank.
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