Report: Judge Rules TED NUGENT Suit Should Be Heard In Muskegon County

Steven Hepker of The Jackson Citizen Patriot reports that a judge Friday transferred to Muskegon County a defamation suit by rocker Ted Nugent against the Muskegon Summer Celebration.

"I'd like to hear the case because it sounds interesting," Jackson County Circuit Judge Charles Nelson told attorneys. "But I can't."

Summer Celebration officials canceled a contract with Nugent to perform last summer after a pair of disc jockeys in Denver claimed he made a racial slur in a radio interview May 5, 2003. The DJs cut short the live interview, which was conducted by phone. Read more.