Pierce Brosnan accused of trespassing in Yellowstone

CHEYENNE, WYO. >> Pierce Brosnan, whose fictitious movie character James Bond has been in hot water plenty of times, is now facing heat in real life, charged with stepping out of bounds in a thermal area during a recent visit to Yellowstone National Park.

Brosnan walked in an offlimits area at Mammoth Terraces, in the northern part of Yellowstone near the Wyoming-Montana line, on Nov. 1, according to two federal citations issued Tuesday.

Brosnan, 70, is scheduled for a mandatory court appearance on Jan. 23 in the courtroom of the world’s oldest national park. The Associated Press sent a request for comment to his Instagram account Thursday. Yellowstone officials declined to comment.

Brosnan was in the park on a personal visit and not for film work, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Wyoming said.