Subject: [NEXTEL-1] "Dude You're Getting A Cell" -Dell's "Steven" arrested in NY for marijuana-

From: Marcel <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 06:48:21 -0500

Tuesday February 11, 5:18 AM

"Dude You're Getting A Cell"
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Dell's "Steven" arrested in NY for marijuana-

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Actor Benjamin Curtis, who
plays the wise-cracking "Steven" in Dell Computer Corp's
"Dude, yer gettin' a Dell" commercials, was arrested for
marijuana possession, officials said on Monday.

Curtis, 22, was charged with criminal and unlawful
possession of marijuana, two misdemeanor charges that
carry possible jail sentences of up to three months.

However, at his arraignment on Monday afternoon,
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Ellen Coin adjourned the
case for one year and said the charges could be dismissed
if Curtis, who lives in New York City, gets in no trouble for
the next 12 months.

Police had spotted Curtis on a street corner in Manhattan's Lower East Side holding a
plastic bag filled with
marijuana late on Sunday evening, according to court papers filed in Manhattan Criminal
Court.

The arresting officer said he saw another man, identified as 19-year-old Omar Mendez, give
the bag of
marijuana to Curtis for an undisclosed sum of money, according to the complaint.

It did not say how much marijuana was in the bag.

Neither Morris, who appeared disheveled after his night in jail, nor his attorney would
comment on the case after
his release.

Dell, the No. 2 personal computer company which makes most of its money selling to
businesses and schools,
began television and print commercials featuring "Steven" three years ago, but lately had
moved to a less
"dude-centric" advertising campaign.

Venancio Figueroa, a spokesman for the Round Rock, Texas-based Dell said: "We really are
not commenting as
to Benjamin's future plans for the 'Steven' character."

"Steven" became a cult advertising figure not seen since the likes of Joe Isuzu and Clara
Peller of Wendy's
"Where's the beef?" fame. Inundated by calls from adoring fans, Dell even set up a Web
site
(http://www.dell4me.com/dude) and offered a line of "Dell Dude" apparel.

The ad agency is DDB of Chicago.

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