Scotty Lago surprised everyone when he took bronze in the Olympic halfpipe. However, that was only part of the wild ride he would find himself on while in Vancouver. When some PG-13 pictures surfaced on TMZ.com, Lago was asked by U.S. Olympic officials to leave the Games.
I went up to his hometown of Seabrook, N.H., to see what locals thought about all the fuss. They were behind him 100 percent. And seriously, why shouldn’t they be? Not only is he a local hero, but worse things air regularly on network television.
See: Scotty Lago’s hometown still behind him.
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