Yeah, there’s multiple, overlapping, sets of binary disqualifiers here (either the situation is X or Y, where if it’s “X” he gets no money, and if it’s “Y” he also gets no money). I wondered above if Florida has a law about profiting off a previous crime (a so-called “son of sam law”), and looking it up, they do, but his crimes might not have been serious enough to trigger it. But even so, the fact that he’s fundamentally trying to profit off his own crime and arrest… I can’t imagine it would help his case or win the sympathies of anyone he needs in a legal fight (i.e. the jury, the judge… anyone he’s trying to get to represent him…).
There’s no “perhaps” about it, given that he literally calls himself the “Florida Joker” and 90% of his tattoos are explicitly referencing that (plus his hair).
But on the “Florida man with facial tattoos viral mugshot” front, he’s not remotely alone, either. There’s at least a couple of guys with “Joker” face tats, another guy famous for a series of mugshots in which his facial tattoos multiply until they completely cover his face… yeah, this guy isn’t remotely original.
Just googling “Florida facial tattoo mugshots” brings up an awful lot of material all on its own…
