So what's the point in posting bail if it doesn't get you out? I need someone to explain this one to me.

Seriously what the fuck? He posted bail. Let the man go. It wasn't such a 'high priority' for the last two years, so why all of the sudden all the balls and chains?

It's a shakedown that's for damn sure.

Seems like the czech police was hit on the head, not the fan that died.

I love how it says 'the victim was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol'


oh so if he had been it wouldn't be Randy's fault?
fuck off.




JUMP ON STAGE, FUCK AROUND, GET TOSSED.

FREE RANDY BLYTHE.

"the victim was not under the influence of drugs or alcohol" - no, he was sober and still was acting retarded enough to rush the stage three times.

Total bullshit. Sounds like he's already been found guilty, and he's gonna get reamed....regardless of whether he is innocent or not.

He is not out yet because bail comes with conditions. When you get arrested in a foreign country they want to keep you there until it works out.

Hopefully it all works out because he didn't do anything malicious. It was clearly just an accident.

fucking 3rd world countries trying to act 1st world is sad. I love how they are basing their opinion he was not on drugs or alcohol on things like evidence or blood samples, they are basing it on the morons friends word.

is just fucking absurd. Think about the Dimebag case, when a kid jumped up onstage.

This is one of the best insights on this thread.

What a shakedown. Might as just mug the man while youre at it

I'm still hoping that all of this is just a bad joke

...that everyone should have seen coming, the 'postponed' Van Halen tour dates are now officially cancelled:

http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/general_music_news/van_halen_dates_officially_cancelled.html?no_takeover

Don't drop the soap!

This is all just stupid, How do the Czech authorities plan on proving the 'fan' suffered the deadly blow to his head at the show and not later after the show or any of the days leading up to his death?

Dude, am I the only one that sees the guy clearly jumping off the stage? They can't possibly think that Randy has the strength to lift a guy off the ground with one hand while throwing him forward. I wonder if it's the parents that are trying to place blame on someone other than their son. You don't throw yourself in front of a moving bus and blame the bus driver. Why do people always have to try to blame someone who's still alive for shit a dead person did?

I sw the same thing, clear as day.

If they 'threw' the guy off stage, then that fan must have weighed about 10 pounds, because he was *launched*, and there's no way a skinny guy like Blythe could pull that off.

That video is CONCLUSIVE evidence that the guy is not the least bit guilty. This whole thing is BS. They're probably shaking him down for money and hope that he'll leave the country and never come back so a few corrupt people in the local government can split his $200,000 bail money.

This makes this story reek even more so of bullshit than it already did. Get Randy out of there.

... this is just getting stupid by the minute.

Where the fuck is the record-company (if this is blackmail), the State Department (supporting a USA citizen), or GOOD lawyers (that don't let a defendant stay in jail AFTER posting bail) ???

This is just like "Midnight Express". The only positive-spin, is that this should bring some great lyrics to the next album (if there's any).

"that person died 14 days later of bleeding in the brain. A post-mortem reportedly found that he had not been drunk or under the influence of drugs."

Is this a serious statement? He wasn't under the influence when he died 14 days later... Not relevant whatsoever.

This is some bullshit. For real. Every new piece of info coming out makes him look less and less responsible for this, yet they're still detaining him. Fuck off Czech.

Having extracted the equivalent of millions of Czech dollars from the rich American singer, now they want more! What a surprise, not. When kidnappers hold someone for ransom, as often as not if you pay their first demand, they come back and ask for more. Shakedown, Czech style.

I've seen the video of Blythe kind of pushing the kid of stage, however in the interest of justice, why was the body guard/ guy with the hat not charged with anything when he was involved in this incident much like Blythe? They're both equally to blame for throwing that kid off stage.

And I'm stating they threw him off the stage not that they killed him.

You better Czech yourself before you wreck yourself.

This is getting out of hand.

... didn't chained heat 2 take place in a czech prison? ...

I know what bail is. He doesn't need to be in jail. He posts it, he leaves the prison. He's not a threat to society. He has no prior convictions. Let him go.

You're keeping a man in jail for this evidence;
- Randy pushed him and he SUPPOSEDLY hit his head when he fell as a result of Randy's 'push'

Here's evidence that supports Randy;
• Who says this guy didn't get in a fist fight two minutes before the show?
• Who says he wasn't elbowed in the head in the mosh pit?
• There's X amount of people in the crowd that could have hit him accidentally, but a 'push' off the stage was the 'killer blow'? Fuckin' serious?
• There's no video evidence of the 'exact push'
• There's no way of proving medically (two years later) that at X time in the evening at X minute at X second, the blow occurred and it was also that exact moment in time that Randy 'pushed him', therefor making any other scenario mentioned above possible
• It's 2 years later and although a crime is a crime, this investigation sounds like total bullshit!

Czech girls are hot, but my God is this absolute rubbish!

I think it's clear that you have absolutely no idea what 'evidence' is.

The medical evidence was assessed and gathered at the time of the incident & cause of death determined when he died.

The authorities waited the two years to lay charges & arrest Randy Blythe because lamb Of God had not returned their in the interim.

They waited until he returned because to issue an arrest warrant before hand whilst he was back in the Good Ol' U.S.A would have been a waste of time. They have no extradition treaty with the U.S.

The alleged crime took place in the Czech Republic so they took the best option to have him face the charge, like a man, under their laws.

Why was there no international arrest warrant issued two years ago? What if he had never returned to Czech? This apparantly serious crime would have never been punished.

Lastly, what proof do they have? I'm beginning to believe the State Department should be looking into this. I'm sure he's not the cleanest cut citizen from America, but they might want to look into this and make sure that he is being treated fairly in this matter.

Bands should stop going to Czech. It sucks for the fans, but look what has happened. This whole situation is pure crap.

How about they jail Vampires Everywhere instead?

yeah, i think the entire incident is just dumb. If you go to a metal concert, there is a chance that you will be hurt. If you go to a metal concert and jump o stage 3 times, there is an increased chance of getting hurt.

You know how many people jump and fall of stage? Just because this kid was unlucky and landed on his head doesn't mean it was his fault. Wrong place at the wrong time.

To think his bandmates fled and left him to rot!

John Rambo when we need him?! Get out to that country and rescue his ass!

Can someone explain to me how a post mortem is supposed to tell somebody was drunk 2 weeks before?

every time I read that i just think "what the hell?"

I'm not going to call anything one way or the other because I don't know the facts, but that statement is just dumb.

This whole business sounds fishy. How do we know that kid didn't get hurt on the first or second jump off the stage?!

Their government is looking for some quick free money from a "rich USA rockstar".

Look at it this way though, he's probably got lyrics wrote to a couple of dozen songs.

Randy is a shitbag and has gotten away with ALOT of shit over the years.mit has finally caught up to him. Life is not a DVD or a joke.

Glad to see him suffer. At least he is alive, unlike the fan he murdered.

His band members said peace out nigga

You're obviously retarded. Do you know what murder is? Even the Czechs aren't calling it a homicide. It's probably too late for you, but education is your friend.

First off, Chzech authorities tried to get Blythe extracted after the incident - US authorities however, would not cooperate.

Second of all, there's allgedly considerable more to the story than the isolated incident captured by cameras where Blythe and a guard threw the fan off the stage. Reviews off the 2010 concert written immediately after the show, describes Blythe delievering several blows to the fan. There's also pictures of Blythe holding the fan down on stage with a chokehold.

Don't be so biased, a 19-year old fan died that night. I have faith that the court will reach a verdict based on an objective presentation of the incident by the parties. And until then of course, Blythe is still innocent.

Citations needed.

I'm sick and tired of you blabbermouth morons blindly defending blythe. Quit forgetting that a young man is now dead. Hopefully, for the fans sake, Blythe is not responsible. But, if he is, his actions, though not intentional, lead somebody to DIE. D-I-E. NO LIFE. DEAD. If this was a friend or relative of any of you you'd be hoping for justice.

And do you morons actually know what bail is or how it works?

All of a sudden everybody on blabbermouth became lawyers

New name for Phil anselmo's biggest fan.

Never heard of fanatic, nut cases like the ones that killed Dimeg Darrell and John Lennon.

One was killed on stage by military retard and the other was killed IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FUCKING STREET!!

In Czech Republic they probably don't suck their stars' underwears like they do in the US, where if you have a minute on tv you can do drugs, kill people, beat women etc.

Yeah the US is a role model indeed!!

Lock this motherfucker in jail and throw the keys away.

...the Czech Republic doesn't want Hard Rock and Heavy Metal bands touring their country anymore! This is a fucked up situation. Fuck their legal sysyem and fuck off Czech Republic!!!

Someone that can actually sing and not want to rip off pantera!

Don drop the soap mr rockstar!

Randy was there when the fan fell off the stage during that show & it caused this incident for which did lead to his death some days letter, So in fact. Blythe is totally to blame for it all.

If poor innocent Randy was so innocent he would not be in jail. Nuff said.

Say free randy all you want, get as mad as you want, it doesn't change the fact that someone is dead with his involvement.

If he happens to skate by yet ANOTHER legal mess, he will be all into Jesus and drink himself to death. Either way, his karma will catch up!

Congratulations on writing the most ignorant, most idiotic comment in this thread. Are you honestly idealistic enough to believe that only the guilty go to jail? Hahaha go back to playing kickball outside with your little friends, pal.

Why would LoG go to the Czech Republic when they KNEW Randy was wanted for this incident? Can't find anywhere else to play? Dumb move.

If it's true that the Czech authorities tried to have Randy Extradited, why would he show up back in the Country as part of a publicized event and not know he would be arrested.

It doesnt seem to be a "shakedown" Randy is far from rich at this point.

I certainly dont know how the laws are interpreted in the czech republic for this charge, as oppossed to the U.S. it might be totally different.

First of all read the update! The bail money hasn't been sent yet! How can they set him free? In every civilised country you've got to pay a bail in order to let you go if you're accused of something!
And stop blaming. the whole European continent for what happened - it's hilarious!
And what about calling Czech Republic (it's CR you idiots not Czechoslovakia - it was split nearly 20 years ago!) a third world country (are you serious???).
Or the other hilarious thing that someone proposed: stop the metal shows in CR!!! Yes in that case every group must stop touring the US soil after the Dimebag incident where A "FAN" GOT INSIDE THE VENUE PASSING THE SECURITY WITH A FUCKING GUN IN HAND!!!
Start thinking and educate yourselves before speaking as Basajaun said!!! And this is not Midnight express you dipshits (as if US jails are 5 stars hotels)!!!
On the other hand and if we look at the case seriously of course it's way strange and suspicious that they arrested him two years later! Where were they all this time and why didn't they searched for him internationaly ...Then again the bail amount is outrageous, that's why he is having hard times in collecting the money...Either way the case is strange and much more complicated than it seems...But please stop with the morronic comments - stay calm! I hope that he gets out quickly because after all this is an eccident by all means...And I'm European but not from CR (although I must say that Prague is the most beautiful city i've visited).

if the band had ANY inkling that this incident had led to the death of a fan and that the Czech authorities were investigating, would they really have their promoter book them in the country until they found out all the facts about whether Randy would be safe being in the country? something is not adding up with all of this!

At least send the poor guy an ice pack to sit on while he is in jail.

Is the name of the currency.
Facts
LOG mangement left Randy hanging, never should have booked the show
The suit must have been filed at a later date unless LOG management is this naive. Its nearly impossible to seek extradition from the US. We rarely give up our own citizens.
Prague is roughly 7-8 hrs ahead of the US. Randy's management has probably posted bail by now.

Opinion
Its a shame this guy died, but it was nearly 2 years ago. People die, move on, unless you want $$$$$$$$.
Regardless Randy pushed the guy. He could very well be charged for Involuntary Manslaughter.

Either way, Randy will not be leaving Prague for quite some time. Its not even about him being a musician at this point. It will turn into a US citizen locked up abroad, pending a "fair" trial.

these reports would look a lot more trustworthy if they would not include his statement about his income every time. That it gets mentioned once is understandable but squeezing that in in e v e r y fucking update is just plain stupid.

It's shit like this that make me so happy to live in the US. We all take it for granted. Fuck this degenerate mobsters.

No one anywhere believes Randy actually did anything wrong. You're all correct - this is simple extortion. I feel bad for the Czech people as LOG will never tour there again and likely won't even release future music in their territory.

Randy has a family here in VA that is surely terrified right now. This is a sad story and I hope it gains some larger media attention.

FREE RANDY NOW YOU FUCKING CRIMINAL DEGENERATES!

Fuck the Czech Republic. Touring Europe seems less attractive by the day...

are D.U.M.B. in a very basic sense.

"According to Novinky.cz, Randy Blythe's bail money has not yet arrived at the court account. LAMB OF GOD's management is attempting to transfer the funds as soon as possible.

Once the bail has been met, the prosecutor will have to approve Blythe's release before he can leave the prison. Otherwise, the court will determine the conditions of the singer's release. "

Article says autopsy showed he was not under the fluence of drugs or alcohol!!!
But before THAT, it says he died 14 days AFTER the incident......
THAT doesn't mean he wasn't high as a kite during the SHOW!!!
Almost ANYTHING is out of your system 14 days later.... Randy was protecting HIMSELF!!!! After the first time that dude should have been removed from the show!!!
"FREE RANDY!!!!!"

If in fact the video shown is of the incident in question, I think this vid capture explains a lot.

http://img854.imageshack.us/img854/7927/stage1s.jpg

Would it not seem prudent that if you are Randy Blythe/Lamb of God/LOG management, and they were issues as to if you have charges against you in a certain country, WHY THE FUCK WOULD YOU GO AND TOUR IN THAT COUNTRY!! Management is to blame as some people have noted. That is just feeding someone to the lions!! Sounds like trumped up charges, too!! Bullshit!!

this cat Randy he was probably drunk and violent as as usual at the time fan comes up acting like a dick thinks he's at an offspring concert and there you go, but why is everyone like free this cat and let him go he may have had something to do with the injuries man yeah why cause you like Lamb Of God? (eh couple of good songs at the most : )..Yeah he didn't mean to kill the dude but it took a wrong turn man and so you have to be accountable for your actions. Now dig the dude has been sober for two years which is very cool congratumundo there Rand but I bet that this may have something to do with him getting sober done sparked him right up cause usually it's something mighty big that halts the chronic drinking down to a complete stop but dude don't look to tough now manslaughter is different from the slaughter at least Slaughter had the chicks! . This video Ruin... where this guy is intimidating the old christian people down no muy buayno well now he's getting a taste of his own medicine cause Bubba-rovsky gonna be staring down that assorvsky down just like that. Aint that tough enough..(good tune that one) but be objective dudes B.E. obejective it's not like free Randy bah bah cry me a river what if he would have pushed your little brother off the stage... he'll come out of all this but the lesson is king sized baby. There I said my peace casa mañana...

Wow. That was very difficult to read. If you post again could you proof read first? Thanks

I've never been a LOG fan but this is fucking bullshit. Never thought being a vocalist in a metal band could get you thrown in prison.

Free Randy!!

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Summed up reports about Randys behaviour from that night, via Cone419:

http://sicmaggot.blog.cz/1005/lamb-of-god-praha-abaton-24-5-2010

"Randy behaved exactly as I expected from him. Fucker, who doesn't give a shit. This has been confirmed whan he gave a few fans pretty hard time. He was very upset when someone decided to visit the podium. The first one got hit quite a lot from Randy, then he jumped on top him and held him down while he continued singing. When he was standing up, he choked him a little bit for him to remember. When the fan got up Randy grabed him by the hair and threw down quite quickly. Good thing for that gentleman was so drunk (his frinds said that he was actually sober) that he felt nothing.

http://www.metalopolis.net/art_concerts.asp?id=5263

"LAMB OF GOD have the almost perfect metal image - long hair and bearded faces make a strict impression and singer Randy proved a moment later, that it is not just a pose when he absolutely grimly took down a guy who already climbed several times on stage. Frontman made it clear where is his territory, the tresspasser felled to the ground, singer had given him a few right hooks and then threw him of the stage while he even didn't stop singing(!)."

http://www.abysszine.com/2010050036-lamb-of-god-rust2dust.html

"The only negative aspect of that concert was a mildly controversial approach from LAMB OF GOD towards the stagedivers. In the heat of passion, some of the fans began climbing on the stage ... and in that moment, "Lamb of God" turned into a angry ram, when the fan was very brutally swept back down. I admit that I have never seen such a thing . Yeah, I can understand that not every band is curious about cheeky fans getting on stage. But there was always an unwritten limits to which the band and almost all fans kept, except the most drunkest assholes. LAMB OF GODs attitude was quite unnecessarily exaggerated to me ."

Well, the video is clear. Randy didn't push him of the stage. And a "few right hooks" (If it is true), Randy must be stronger than Mike Tyson.

Basajaun is officially my favorite poster.

Make sense, after all the 2 of you are some of the biggest trolls in this site.

"The Subtle Arts Of Murder & Persuasion"

"What I've Become"

"Remorse Is For The Dead"

"Guilty"

Fucking czech republic, fuck that country. Country is only good prostitutes, that's about it

Follow the link below to see ALL THREE TIMES this fan got onto the stage. While this is an unfortunate incident, it is clear that if anyone needs to be help responsible for this fan's death, it is the security team that was put in place by the venue..... This is proof positive that Randy needs to be release immediately and all charges be dropped!!

http://youtu.be/BQkpR4zdJb4

The guy clearly hit his head the first dive. That's enough resonable doubt for all charges to be drop.

Jesus Christ...the last time, he clearly landed head first! If anyone watched the slow motion of the 3rd incident, when security shoves him back, his head is going STRAIGHT down to the ground, with legs completely up in the air. What more evidence can they ask for??

If they charges are based on the video, anyone can see that was the security guard the one who pushed the fan. However, apparently there are people saying that it was not what you can see on the video when Randy hit that guy. Anyway, of course there is self-defence, but in order to use that as a defence in a criminal trial you must prove that you were being attacked or than an attack was inminent. I can not believe when I read some comments that support the position that if a guy jumps on stage the singer or any other member of the band or security guard can beat the shit of that person. No, that would be an offence. Only if there is an actual attack or an inminent one can you attack other person. Otherwise, you can commit an offence. A crime also can be commited if you throw a guy off the stage and he falls and suffer an injury or death, because what can be done is to remove that person from the stage, buy you are no allowed to beat him under any circunstance, except in case of self-defense and only a sufficient atack to prevent from being hit. So, this is the bottom line. I like LOG and Randy seems to be a cool guy, but if he hit that guy just because the guy was annoying then Randy may have commited an offence and he is not above the law. Period.

THE "RULES" HAVE ALWAYS BEEN....IF YA GET ON STAGE - DON'T TOUCH THE MUSICIANS, WAVE YOUR HELLOs AND JUMP THE FUCK OFF!!
NOW RANDY IS TOTALLY NOT GUILTY. WE ALL KNOW THIS.
BUT MAYBE AND I MEAN JUST MAYBE THIS WILL HUMBLE HIM EVEN MORE. BECAUSE THIS BAND HAS NOTICEABLY BECOME THICKHEADED AND A BIT OF A SELL OUT BAND.
BUT I SUPPORT THEM. I OWN ALL THEIR SHIT AND HOPE THEY CAN GET PAST THIS BULLSHIT SWIFTLY.

FUCK THE C.R. !! I GOT THE T-SHIRT!

We are talking about criminal law, not about social rules in concerts. Two different worlds. So, that rule you mention does not apply in criminal law.

Maybe they'll keep him for the next 10 years and this shitty band will be forced to break up and we'll have one less american plague metal band polluting the metal world with their poser metal.

Makes me laugh when people use this incident to claim the US is much better. As if no injustice ever happened in the US.

Bullshit....if your running up a stage, past security to jump off it..you do so at your own damn risk. Randy is right to protect himself. Hope he's back in the USA soon and one more thing.....FUCK YOU CR and your retarded citizens!

THis really sucks. This puts a cloud over LoG indefinetely

having said that, I would be extremely inclined to believe that LoG management must really be naive and incredibly arrogant and stupid if they went ahead and took the chance to book the band in the CR when they knew that prosecutors in the CR had attempted even contemplated issuing an international arrest warrant for this incident 2 years ago. What are they thinking? This really looks bad. Something tells me whoever is managing LoG better start looking for a new client b/c LoG is gonna fire their assess in the not too distant future.

Assuming Randy is released on bail-will he even be allowed to leave the country until the trial? Or does LoG have to shift home opertaions to the CR for the immediate future? And knowing how things can drag out in the legal system-how long will it take for this to even come to trial? And if Randy is exonerated of all charges, who pays then? Who makes up for the lost income generating by the LoG machine? Where is the victims family left? Should I sell my LoG/Dethklok tickets for the Lowell Mass gig? And where the fuck is their record company when the band obviously needs some major help now not after the holiday passes. LoG management should be enlisting their attorneys and the attorneys from their record company to lean on the state dept to look into helping this American citizen with a legal problem in a foreign country. 4th of July vacation holiday be damned!

If there is ever a new LoG cd of new material after this is finally resolved, this whole thing certainly would inspire me to want to read Randy's lyrics based on all of the terrible experiences he is having right now. And to persevere thru all of this would be incredible. And if this all turns out to be simply a desperate cash grab attempt by the family and authorities, I would really be pissed if I were in LoG because this event is going to really bring the band to the brink of ruin financially with all the legal costs, loss of income from touring etc, and to think-if the bands management knew about this and kept it on the downlow in the mistaken delusion that no one is going to try and have Randy prosecuted and imprisoned only to see that blow up in their faces-that is really shameful and deceitful. THis really sucks! And someone died possibly due to simply attending a metal show and acting like an ass by jumping onstage 3 times. What a mess.

NEW VIDEO OF THE LAMB OF GOD INCIDENT:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=BQkpR4zdJb4#!

It should be more than clear now that Randy Blythe should not be in jail for this.