He’d drank “at least” two six packs and “several” shots of Jack Daniels before losing count.
That’s the boozy excuse that unemployed actor James Whittemore gave cops after trashing the Ed Sullivan Theater last month and not remembering a thing afterward, according to statements released today.
Whittemore, 22, said he does remember going to four bars that night, but nothing after getting to the last bar, Hurley’s Saloon, which is five blocks south of the theater on West 48th Street.
“I remember everything before [Hurley’s], and I remember being on the floor of the theater,” he told cops, according to a confession released as Whittemore pleaded not guilty to felony burglary and ciminal mishchief.
“When I saw the cops, I knew I was in trouble for all the damage I caused,” he told cops. “I feel bad about it. I’ll go there and help fix the damage.”
Whittemore today rejected, for now, prosecutors’ no-jail offer, in which he could plead guilty and get a term of probation providing he cough up $7,377.28 in damages. He’s back in Manhattan Supreme Court Sept. 15.