A support frame collapsed during a hair-hanging stunt at a US circus performance, sending eight acrobats falling to the ground.

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A clown who goes by the name of Spanky has been arrested on child porn charges while travelling with legendary the Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey circus in the US.