Judge Says Deputies Acted Properly In RUSH Guitarist Fracas

April 12, 2007

John Henderson of the Naples Daily News reports: Collier County sheriff's deputies didn't use excessive force in subduing an international rock star at the Ritz-Carlton, Naples, on New Year's Eve 2003, a federal judge has ruled.

U.S. District Judge Paul A. Magnuson has ruled against the civil claims brought against Collier deputies by Alex Zivojinovich. He is known on stage as "Alex Lifeson," lead guitarist for the rock group RUSH.

Deputies used a high-voltage Taser stun gun on Alex and his son, Justin, in the altercation in the stairwell of the hotel. They also broke Alex's nose.

Alex Zivojinovich, his son, Justin, and daughter-in-law, Michelle, had filed suit, alleging that the deputies violated their civil rights based on "illegal detention" and "excessive force."

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