Randy Blythe
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No, no, no, no, no, no, no. And so they granted me bail, which was almost half a million dollars. We borrowed that from the record label. And then unlike America, where when you pay bail, you're free to go there. We paid bail. The prosecuting attorney did not like it. So he objected. So they doubled the bail. So we're pushing towards half a million dollars.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. And so they granted me bail, which was almost half a million dollars. We borrowed that from the record label. And then unlike America, where when you pay bail, you're free to go there. We paid bail. The prosecuting attorney did not like it. So he objected. So they doubled the bail. So we're pushing towards half a million dollars.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no. And so they granted me bail, which was almost half a million dollars. We borrowed that from the record label. And then unlike America, where when you pay bail, you're free to go there. We paid bail. The prosecuting attorney did not like it. So he objected. So they doubled the bail. So we're pushing towards half a million dollars.
Luckily, some rather wealthy friends of ours were like, we'll loan you guys the other half, which they did.
Luckily, some rather wealthy friends of ours were like, we'll loan you guys the other half, which they did.
Luckily, some rather wealthy friends of ours were like, we'll loan you guys the other half, which they did.
And then I got bailed out and I went back to America and immediately went on tour in order to pay for all the lawyers. And then six months later, went back to trial in the Czech Republic and I was found not guilty.
And then I got bailed out and I went back to America and immediately went on tour in order to pay for all the lawyers. And then six months later, went back to trial in the Czech Republic and I was found not guilty.
And then I got bailed out and I went back to America and immediately went on tour in order to pay for all the lawyers. And then six months later, went back to trial in the Czech Republic and I was found not guilty.
Yes.
Yes.
Yes.
Because the family of this young man who died They never attacked me in the press. The Czech press attacked me, particularly this one tabloid newspaper painted me as this marauding American Viking come to murder people or whatever. They said printed all sorts of nonsense. He said I'd kicked a woman to death in the head. All sorts of just made just made up nonsense.
Because the family of this young man who died They never attacked me in the press. The Czech press attacked me, particularly this one tabloid newspaper painted me as this marauding American Viking come to murder people or whatever. They said printed all sorts of nonsense. He said I'd kicked a woman to death in the head. All sorts of just made just made up nonsense.
Because the family of this young man who died They never attacked me in the press. The Czech press attacked me, particularly this one tabloid newspaper painted me as this marauding American Viking come to murder people or whatever. They said printed all sorts of nonsense. He said I'd kicked a woman to death in the head. All sorts of just made just made up nonsense.
And then just paying me as a really bad guy to the point where my attorneys had to threaten to sue the paper. My Czech attorneys did. But the family of this young man who tragically died, they deserved answers. All they knew is that their son went to go see my band. He was injured somehow, and he died a month later.
And then just paying me as a really bad guy to the point where my attorneys had to threaten to sue the paper. My Czech attorneys did. But the family of this young man who tragically died, they deserved answers. All they knew is that their son went to go see my band. He was injured somehow, and he died a month later.
And then just paying me as a really bad guy to the point where my attorneys had to threaten to sue the paper. My Czech attorneys did. But the family of this young man who tragically died, they deserved answers. All they knew is that their son went to go see my band. He was injured somehow, and he died a month later.
It's horrible. And I, in my first marriage, I lost the only child we had. She died shortly after birth due to a heart defect. And I have empathy for those parents. I know what it's like. Probably even worse for them, because he had lived.
It's horrible. And I, in my first marriage, I lost the only child we had. She died shortly after birth due to a heart defect. And I have empathy for those parents. I know what it's like. Probably even worse for them, because he had lived.