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Morningside News Story

November 29, 2022

TikTok influencer, Katie Sigmond, is fined after golfing in the Grand Canyon.

Katie Sigmond is a TikTok influencer that posts workout videos and has seven million followers. Katie placed a ball down on a rock at the Grand Canyon and hit the ball. The ball wasn’t the only thing that went soaring into the air. The club did too. It was all caught on camera and of course posted to TikTok.

At first authorities did not know who was responsible for this video. Tips were received and soon a name was revealed, Katie Sigmond.

The Grand Canyon National Park posted a picture of Katie hitting the golf ball and commented, “Do we really need to say don’t hit golf balls into the Grand Canyon?”

Joelle Baird, a spokeswoman for the Grand Canyon National Park’s Office of Public Affairs said Sigmond was charged with littering, tossing items into the Grand Canyon, and creating hazardous conditions.

The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona decided on an out-of-court agreement which resulted in a fine.

The amount of the fine is unknown, but similar cases have fines that are $280. The video has been deleted from Sigmond’s social media pages.

I thought this article was wrote well. It was easy to follow along. I lost interest when it started talking about another incident that happened.

This is news because it’s something that doesn’t happen all the time. I think that some people would be very upset about this because the Grand Canyon is a national park.

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