Diane Lane and Piper Perabo are arrested while demonstrating with Jane Fonda - who AVOIDS handcuffs - on the steps of the Capitol during her weekly climate change protest

  • Jane Fonda was joined by actresses Diane Lane and Piper Perabo, actor Manny Jacinto and model Amber Valletta during her climate change protest
  • The 81-year-old actress has vowed to protest in Washington, DC every Friday for at least 14 weeks
  • Lane, Perabo and Valletta were arrested and charged with blocking traffic
  • Fonda avoided arrest because she could face a lengthy jail stay after four previous misdemeanor arrests
  •  The two-time Oscar winner said she was inspired by other climate activists such as Greta Thunberg
  • She is famous for having protested against the Vietnam War in the 70s, leading to the nickname 'Hanoi Jane'

A number of celebrities were arrested this week while demonstrating alongside Jane Fonda during her weekly climate change protest in Washington, DC.

The 81-year-old actress, dressed in her trademark red coat, was joined by actresses Diane Lane and Piper Perabo, actor Manny Jacinto and model Amber Valletta to demand new water regulations.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Lane, Perabo and Valletta were arrested by Capitol police and charged with blocking traffic.

However, Fonda avoided arrest, as she did last week, because she could face a lengthy jail stay after four prior misdemeanor arrests.

She spent a night in jail during her fourth arrest in November 1, but the DC Attorney has declined to charge Fonda for her previous arrests, according to The Reporter.

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Jane Fonda (pictured) was joined by actresses Diane Lane and Piper Perabo, actor Manny Jacinto and model Amber Valletta during her climate change protest in Washington, DC

Jane Fonda (pictured) was joined by actresses Diane Lane and Piper Perabo, actor Manny Jacinto and model Amber Valletta during her climate change protest in Washington, DC

Lane (pictured), Perabo, and Valletta were arrested and charged with blocking traffic
Fonda avoided arrest because she could face a lengthy jail stay after four previous misdemeanor arrests. Pictured: Perabo being arrested

Lane (left), Perabo (right) and Valletta were arrested and charged with blocking traffic. Fonda avoided arrest because she could face a lengthy jail stay after four previous misdemeanor arrests

The three celebrities were arrested during an event called Fire Drill Fridays, which are organized by Fonda in an effort to get politicians to address climate change. 

'Show up for climate!' Lane cried as officers led her away in zip-tie cuffs.

Meanwhile, Valletta joined in a chant, yelling: 'What do we want? Climate justice! When do we want it? Now!' 

Fonda, a two-time Oscar winner, was able to walk free after paying a $50 fine the first three times she was arrested at the Capitol and charged with a misdemeanor.

However, her last arrest on November 1 landed her in jail for the night because it marked her fourth misdemeanor offense.  

'The conditions are not great, frankly, and you have to sleep on a metal slab. And I'm almost 82 years old and I hurt,' she told The Reporter at the time.

'I was in for 20 hours and for seven hours I was in a cell. It was a holding pen. All of the cells had multiple people in them except mine. In my cell, it was just me and the cockroaches.'      

Fonda says she's relocated to Washington, DC - at least, temporarily - after being inspired by climate change activists such as Greta Thunberg.

'So, I moved here to do an action every Friday called 'Fire Drill Friday' because Greta Thunberg says 'our house is on fire we have to behave appropriately',' Fonda told reporters last week.

'So, we have a fire drill every Friday and every Friday at 11[am] we will have a different focus on climate.'

The 81-year-old actress has vowed to protest in Washington, DC every Friday' for at least 14 weeks. Pictured, from left to right: Lane (in red hood), Valletta, Fonda and Perabo (second from right) protest in Washington, DC

The 81-year-old actress has vowed to protest in Washington, DC every Friday' for at least 14 weeks. Pictured, from left to right: Lane (in red hood), Valletta, Fonda and Perabo (second from right) protest in Washington, DC

The two-time Oscar winner said she was inspired by other climate activists such as Greta Thunberg. Pictured: Fonda demonstrates near the US Capitol during 'Fire Drill Friday'

The two-time Oscar winner said she was inspired by other climate activists such as Greta Thunberg. Pictured: Fonda demonstrates near the US Capitol during 'Fire Drill Friday'

Diane Lane, Amber Valletta, Manny Jacinto and Jane Fonda demonstrate near the US Capitol during a climate change protest

Diane Lane, Amber Valletta, Manny Jacinto and Jane Fonda demonstrate near the US Capitol during a climate change protest

The Academy Award winner told The Washington Post last month that she intended on being apprehended while protesting in Washington every Friday for the next 14 weeks.

'I'm going to take my body, which is kind of famous and popular right now because of [my series, Grace and Frankie}, and I'm going to go to DC and I'm going to have a rally every Friday,' Fonda said.

'It'll be called Fire Drill Friday. And we're going to engage in civil disobedience and we're going to get arrested every Friday.'

She will have to leave in January, however, to resume production on her Netflix show Grace and Frankie. 

The first arrest occurred on October 11 and saw Fonda getting led away by herself and not alongside any celebrity friends. 

But, since then, Fonda has had a number of stars join at her protests, which she's held for the past seven weeks.  

Ted Danson, Sam Waterston, Robert F Kennedy Jr and June Diane Raphael are just some of the celebrities who've let themselves get arrested.  

Fond has also vowed to never shop again as she continues her climate change awareness crusade. 

Before her arrests, Fonda compared the need to address climate change with the urgency Americans faced in the 1930s with the Great Depression.

She was reported as saying: 'Make no mistake. Change is coming whether we like it or not, by disaster or by design.'  

Fonda and her then-husband, social and political activist Tom Hayden, are seen during an anti-nuclear demonstration in New York, undated

Fonda and her then-husband, social and political activist Tom Hayden, are seen during an anti-nuclear demonstration in New York, undated

Fonda was arrested in 1970 (pictured) for assault and battery in Cleveland, Ohio, after she allegedly kicked a cop. All charges were later dropped
Then, in July 1972, the actress visited an anti-aircraft position in North Vietnam (pictured)

Fonda was arrested in 1970 (left) for assault and battery in Cleveland, Ohio, after she allegedly kicked a cop. All charges were later dropped. Then, in 1972, the actress visited an anti-aircraft position in North Vietnam (right)

Fonda was one of the most public faces in the anti-war movement throughout the years that the US was in Vietnam, but drew the outrage of many in 1972 when she traveled to Hanoi in North Vietnam.

After touring the area and being heavily photographed with the forces that the US were fighting, Fonda publicly attacked her country for bombing farmland and destroying the dyke system which was crucial to feeding much of the population.

The US denied ever carrying out such an action. She also supported the Black Panthers and marched for the rights of Native Americans, soldiers and working mothers.

In 1970, she went to Fort Meade to hand out anti-war pamphlets to soldiers, but was arrested before she was able to.

She and her then-husband, social and political activist Tom Hayden, were also often pictured at anti-nuclear demonstrations

 

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