Pierce Brosnan pleads guilty to illegal hiking charge and agrees to pay $1,500 fine for walking into protected Yellowstone hot spring

Actor Pierce Brosnan pleaded guilty to an illegal hiking charge and agreed to pay a $1,500 fine for walking into a protected Yellowstone hot spring. 

This comes nearly two months after the James Bond actor pleaded not guilty after he ventured off the permitted path at Yellowstone National Park in November 2023.

Pierce pled guilty to one of two illegal hiking charges brought against him after he tried to get a closer look at thermals in the Mammoth Terraces section of the park, according to court documents filed Thursday. 

The Mammoth Terraces are a popular feature in Yellowstone, constantly changing in color and activity.

Federal rules stipulate visitors to national parks must stay on the designated walkways. Venturing off the boardwalk is punishable by up to six months in jail and a fine of up to $5,000.

Actor Pierce Brosnan pleaded guilty to an illegal hiking charge and agreed to pay a $1,500 fine for walking into a protected Yellowstone hot spring 

The James Bond star, seen here standing on the springs, entered a plea through a paper filing on January 4 in the US District Court for Wyoming

Brosnan pleaded not guilty in January to wandering into the 'delicate' and dangerous hot springs at Yellowstone National Park, despite being pictured standing on the protected area at the time of the alleged infraction.

The James Bond star entered a plea via a paper filing on January 4 over the November 2023 incident in the US District Court for Wyoming, according to Cowboy State Daily.

Magistrate Judge Stephanie A. Hambrick granted the 70-year-old's request to cancel his initial appearance. Brosnan was cited twice over the violations at the thermals in the Mammoth Terraces section of the park.

The offenses took place on November 1. A personal photo uploaded to an account exposing 'tourons' (tourist morons) of Yellowstone showed him on the snow-encrusted springs. 

The features are dangerous and fragile. If damaged, they can take years to correct. Numerous people have been killed from falling into Yellowstone's scalding pools.  

The James Bond actor is accused of leaving the designated walkway and attempting to access thermals at Mammoth Terraces

The Irish star had been in the area filming 'The Unholy Trinity,' a Western starring Brosnan as a sheriff alongside Samuel L. Jackson. He is seen here in 'Dante's Peak'

Brosnan is just the latest tourist to try to bend the rules at the stunning park.

At least 22 people have died from burns sustained in Yellowstone’s springs and geysers.

They include Colin Nathaniel Scott, who is thought to have dissolved in the hot acidic water after leaving the boardwalk at the park’s Norris Geyser Basin in search of a place to soak in 2015.

Similarly, the foot of Il Hun Ro, 70, was discovered by a National Parks employee after apparently falling in.

In 2021, a Connecticut woman jailed for seven days, fined $2,000 and banned from Yellowstone for two years for leaving the walkway and approaching the thermals.