If Hayden Panettiere wants to stay out of jail, she should probably stay away from Japan.

An arrest warrant has been issued in Japan for the Heroes star, she revealed in a recent interview.

“I learned today that I have an arrest warrant out for me in Japan because of what I did for Save the Whales,” the 18-year-old star told E! News.

Last month, footage of the actor-turned-activist engaging in a heated confrontation with Japanese fisherman was swirling around the internet. Panettiere joined other activists in an attempt to interfere with a dolphin hunt in a cove near Taiji in southwestern Japan and garnered a lot of attention for her heroic endeavour.

When asked what the warrant could mean for her, Panettiere said, “Potentially jail, but I doubt it. … I guess they could come here and get us, but probably not.”

She also seemed to be unfazed by the fear of incarceration. “I’d do it again,” she said of the protest to E! “Very possibly, might do it again.”

The star is also surprised at the media coverage her good deeds have attracted.

“I was very excited that people were interested in what we did,” she said. “In [Hollywood], you tend to only get publicity for not wearing underwear or going to rehab.”






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