Los Angeles hotelier Steve Farzam is no firefighter but a great pretender, a serial law enforcement and first responder wannabe, prosecutors say. Photo Illustration by Alberto Mier/CNN/KABC/stevefarzam.org/Moziko Wind

At an extravagant reception, hotelier Steve Farzam seemed to literally plunge into marriage, appearing to dive from a helicopter in a rainbow parachute onto the grounds of a luxury hotel north of Beverly Hills.

The parachutist descended from an overcast sky at the lavish 2017 wedding reception, as seen in videos posted online . “Groom or 007?” Farzam wrote in a YouTube description.

It was staged: A stuntman jumped from the helicopter and landed near the crowd amid a downpour of rose pedals. He was surrounded by a ground crew that included Farzam, who slipped out of a b

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