In a surprising series of events last Thursday, singer/actor/model Seal was pinned behind an arcade-style video game machine at a popular shopping mall in West Hollywood.

Eye witnesses told police that the artist had been hanging around the arcade entrance for several hours, blowing up and handing out balloons to children.

Later he was reported to have been wandering from machine to machine, "pretending" to play video games, without inserting any coins.

According to arcade management, Seal became agitated when asked to leave the premises, and shouted obscenities at a group of elderly onlookers.

When he was told police had been called, the artist wedged himself between a wall and an out-of-service game machine, where he became stuck and was having trouble breathing.

After fire officials removed Seal from the space, 16-year-old arcade shift manager Steve Ludemoore was arrested on charges related to the unsafe nature of the establishment's facilities.