KID ROCK Arrested On Assault Charges

February 16, 2005

The Associated Press is reporting that Kid Rock was arrested Wednesday (Feb. 16) by Nashville police on charges that he punched a disc jockey at an adult entertainment club.

The entertainer was released from custody about 10:15 a.m. after posting a bond of $3,000 on a charge of simple assault, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail.

"Everything is wonderful. It was a beautiful night," he said as he left the Criminal Justice Center.

A few hours earlier, he appeared before Night Court Commissioner Howard Taradash wearing handcuffs while an officer held his hat. In answer to the commissioner's questions, he said he lived in Clarkston, Mich., and gave his birth date, Jan. 17, 1971.

The rapper laughed and joked with the two officers who arrested him and two others there for the hearing as he stood in the dock — a small room with a large glass window that separates defendants from the commissioner and observers.

Authorities said Rock was charged after a 3 a.m. altercation at Christie's Cabaret near downtown.

"Inside the establishment there was a squabble concerning, I guess, the selection of music," Nashville police Sgt. James Smith told reporters. "Again there are no major injuries but an assault did take place."

Television footage from outside the club showed the DJ, identified as Jay Campos, with a red mark on his face and holding his broken eyeglasses.

Arresting officer Lt. Calvin Hullett said Kid Rock surrendered at an apartment near Vanderbilt University where the singer has been staying. The rapper was in town to perform the song "I Saw the Light" during a Tuesday memorial service for songwriter Merle Kilgore at Ryman Auditorium

Hullett described Kid Rock as "very cooperative," despite giving officers the slip earlier. Hullett said Kid Rock and another well-known entertainer, whose name he wouldn't divulge because he hasn't been charged, left through a back door of another strip club when authorities showed up to arrest him.

When officers did catch up with Kid Rock, he told them he had dodged them earlier because he had been drinking and wanted to sober up before being booked, Hullett said.

Hullett said Rock has such visibility that it shouldn't be a problem for him to return to Michigan and face the charge later here.

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