Donald Trump's Hollywood Walk of Fame star vandalized

"A pickax was used in vandalizing the star" embedded in thesidewalk near Hollywood Boulevard and Highland Avenue in LosAngeles, at about 3:30 a.m., Sergeant Ray Brown of the LAPD saidby telephone.

Brown said he did not know the name of the man, who has notyet appeared in court.

Trump's star, installed in 2007, has been the site offrequent vandalism incidents since Trump's election in 2016,according to local media reports.

Video of the damaged star for Trump, 72, shows that it wasnearly completely destroyed.

The star has an image of a classictelevision set with a "rabbit ears" antennae.

Before being elected president, Trump was a real estatedeveloper-turned-reality TV star who was producer of the NBCshow, The Apprentice,and the Miss Universe Pageants.

The suspect pulled a pickax out of a guitar case beforestriking Trump's sidewalk honour, the Los Angeles Times reported.