Posted on 08/24/2003 6:43:38 AM PDT by I_Love_My_Husband
Edited on 05/26/2004 5:16:11 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]
August 24, 2003 -- PHISH bassist Mike Gordon could be facing Class A misdemeanor charges for taking "art pictures" of a 9-year-old girl, but at least he's alive. The Hells Angels who jumped Gordon afterward not only beat him - they wanted to kill him. Gordon had whisked the child, daughter of an Angel, to a secluded boathouse during a Dead concert at Jones Beach. According to a witness, the father was ready to allow the musician to be summarily executed. After heated debate, it was decided it would be "bad press to kill him." The DA is still deciding how to charge Gordon, who has a Sept. 29 court date.
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'mike was giving everyone under the sun (from adults to kids) rides on his segway...silly lil scooter...the mother of the 9 yr old allowed this to happen...this "Secluded Boathouse", is neither secluded or a boathouse..there was two normal jones beach secuirty guards there...in case people wanna sneak into the show...(secret entrance)... mike was just taking pictures of the girl on his segway...not good judgment , but nothing to get crazy about... ...after ten minutes the girls mother starts freakin out..."were's my daughter"...(mind you the mother was induced with something, eyes bulging, lip biting..typical white trash mom)...mother calls her husband, a hells angel...ten minutes later there are 5 angels making there way through security...mike is confronted...grabbed by the throat and on his knees getting kicked at...the VIP security guards got in the middle and explained that mike was a celeb, and was a film maker...the funniest part is this...the angels wanted to break his segway, so the one security guard put it in his car and its been sitting in Wantagh for the last week and a half...after all of this the daughter explained nothing happened and that was that...long story short...bad judgment, unlucky for mike the girls dad was a druggy/hells angel, a quick rush to judgment, few kicks to the nizzuts,,,,"my bad"...move on...'
Hells Angels vs the local DA,,,, I will go with The Angels....
Heheh...and neither story mentions the DA is considering whether or not to charge any of the Hell's Angles.
I think this is the key. He was taking pictures of the girl for TEN minutes while on the segway. I assume the child was naked (hence the words "art pictures").
That is very creepy imho. Ten minutes is a long time. Plus the father wanted to kill the guy. The father obviously felt protective and angry. What good father wouldn't in that situation?
Response: I think your temperment is too severe. One half day in the stocks, while nude,coupled with 25 lashes by a large muscular bailiff wielding a cat-o-nine tails would be sufficient.
O'Donnell, who is the region's commanding officer, would not discuss what the bass player told officers when he was found with the child on a dock. But a police report obtained by WNBC-TV reveals "The defendant stated he wanted to take 'art photos' of the victim."
Oh.
Ick.
Icky.
Yuck.
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