Rush Guitarist Arrested
50 year-old Alex Lifeson (real name: Alex Zivojinovich) of the band Rush was arrested on New Year's Eve at the Naples, Florida Ritz Carlton after a reported scuffle with sheriff deputies.
The incident took place after Lifeson's son, 33 year-old Justin Zivojinovich, was escorted from the stage where the house band was playing. According to police reports, when deputies tried to escort Justin from the stage, Lifeson intervened, became verbally abusive, and a brawl broke out. The report also states that deputies had to use stun guns on Lifeson and his son, and that Lifeson threw a female deputy down the stairs.
According to Justin (whose nose was broken in the altercation), there was no violence or abuse from him or his father and that the female deputy stumbled while pushing Lifeson down the stairs...
Listening to: Melvins - "Houdini" (1993)
50 year-old Alex Lifeson (real name: Alex Zivojinovich) of the band Rush was arrested on New Year's Eve at the Naples, Florida Ritz Carlton after a reported scuffle with sheriff deputies.
The incident took place after Lifeson's son, 33 year-old Justin Zivojinovich, was escorted from the stage where the house band was playing. According to police reports, when deputies tried to escort Justin from the stage, Lifeson intervened, became verbally abusive, and a brawl broke out. The report also states that deputies had to use stun guns on Lifeson and his son, and that Lifeson threw a female deputy down the stairs.
According to Justin (whose nose was broken in the altercation), there was no violence or abuse from him or his father and that the female deputy stumbled while pushing Lifeson down the stairs...
Listening to: Melvins - "Houdini" (1993)
posted by TONY at 1/06/2004 11:16:00 PM
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