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John Mayer Mugshot

Earlier today, John Mayer posted this on his Twitter page, “I was arrested for the same offense as Patrick Stump.” Stump was arrested last Tuesday because of a warrant he had for driving without a license.

The reason this old mugshot from 2001 surfaced is because Mayer challenged TMZ’s Harvey Levin to find his mugshot.

TMZ and Harvey Levin are known for finding celebrity mugshots.

John Mayer Mugshot

WAIT A MINUTE! The folks over at The Smoking Gun claim they posted the photo first! Here’s what they had to say about the “controversy:”

AUGUST 27–As you may have read, the musician John Mayer has offered a $25,000 charitable donation for the publication of a mug shot that was taken following his arrest several years ago. While he technically made this offer, via Twitter, to the gossip site TMZ, we figured it applied to any other bounty hunters. Like The Smoking Gun, for example. So, as seen below, here’s Mayer’s mug shot. The photo was snapped after the performer was collared by Georgia cops in May 2001 for speeding and driving without a license. To those keeping score, TSG was the first site to publish Mayer’s mug shot, which we did today at 3:03 PM (Eastern time). A post to our Twitter page (tsgnews) noting that “Mayer owes us $25,000″ was also made at 3:03 PM. For its part, TMZ posted the photo at 3:10 PM, with the site’s customary “EXCLUSIVE” claim. While the TMZ item carries a backdated “posted” time of 3:03 PM, a check of the item’s comments section shows that the first comment was recorded at, not surprisingly, 3:10 PM, moments after the photo appeared on the gossip site. Both sites received the image from Ashanti Moore, an administrative assistant with the Atlanta Department of Corrections, who e-mailed the photo to TMZ (but only after it first appeared on TSG).

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