“What happened when he got removed was cinematic in terms of how insane it was,” Sean’s attorney Gregory Copeland said. His client tried to lay low with a family friend, a sister and others. But during a walk outside, people were waiting for him with a machete and sawed-off shotgun, Copeland said. Sean jumped over fences, hopped in a cab and frantically called his legal team back in the U.S. from a payphone.