Why The FBI Really Went After Steven Seagal

Steven Seagal: Russian citizen, hair plug cautionary tale, international bro of Aikido, 21st century direct-to-video DVD icon, and one-time Hollywood blockbuster star whose ticket sales through the '90s garnered more than $1 billion. Seagal, no matter what's befallen him in the past couple of decades, remains forever enshrined in the pantheon of B-tier 1980s and '90s action stars, alongside the likes of Jean-Claude Van Damme, Dolph Lundgren, and Michael Dudikoff. At his peak, Seagal was, quote, "no Harrison Ford," according to Hollywood publicist Howard Bragman, but still, he did well enough.

In a real-life reversal of his typical vigilante roles, though, Seagal himself was once embroiled in a controversy brought forward by one of the United States' chief legal authorities: the FBI. One could say the FBI were... Out for Justice. They thought that Seagal considered himself... Above the Law. But even though Seagal was Under Siege, and may have had a journalist’s car Marked for Death, ultimately, the FBI made an Executive Decision not to attribute the car's bullet-hole Exit Wounds to him.

OK, enough joking around. Officially, Seagal was never charged, but he was also never cleared, and has been all but blacklisted in Hollywood ever since. But even though Seagal never got the apology he believes he deserved, he will, to himself, always remain the ultimate badass.

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