Prankster who showered Sepp Blatter with cash to be charged with trespassing

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The comedian who showered FIFA president Sepp Blatter with fake dollar bills will be charged with trespassing, according to the BBC.

Simon Brodkin, who goes by the stage name Lee Nelson, was arrested by Swiss authorities Monday after he interfered with a FIFA news conference in Zurich.

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He was released after questioning. A police spokesperson told the BBC, however, that he "will be charged for trespassing because he wasn't allowed to enter the building."

"If there will be a trial it is still to be decided by the prosecutor," the police spokesperson said. "Trespassing in Switzerland is just prosecuted by request like other minor crimes."

Blatter delayed the news conference after Brodkin was removed from the building, reportedly saying the mess needed to be cleaned before it continued.

Monday's act is just the latest in a string of Brodkin's pranks. In June, he interrupted a Kanye West performance at the Glastonbury Festival in Britain, forcing the star rapper to re-start his song "Black Skinhead."

He also tried to board England's plane en route to Brazil for the 2014 World Cup and warm up with the Manchester City soccer team's players before a Premier League match in 2013.

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