The one-armed drummer for the British rock band Def Leppard was assaulted simply exterior a lodge in Florida, the place the band was touring.
Rick Allen, 59, was smoking exterior the 4 Seasons in Fort Lauderdale, a day after the band performed on the Seminole Laborious Rock Lodge, when he was immediately attacked out of the blue.
Max Hartley, 19, was arrested and charged on felony counts within the incident this week, which additionally concerned an assault on a Good Samaritan.
ABC Information reported, citing a police report. that Mr. Hartley got here up from behind Mr. Allen and threw his head to the bottom.
In keeping with the police report, Mr. Hartley then started hitting a lady who tried to intervene and dragged her by her hair.
Mr. Hartley, who was arrested a short while after the assault, has been charged with abuse of an aged or disabled grownup, ABC reported.
Mr. Allen misplaced his left arm in a 1984 auto accident, shortly after Def Leppard turned one of many world’s hottest bands.
After a hiatus of greater than 18 months, Def Leppard returned to touring with Mr. Allen nonetheless the drummer, utilizing specifically designed drum units. To this present day, he makes use of digital and acoustic kits that permit his legs do work a drummer’s left arm often does.
The group remained as common as ever and had a few of its largest hits — like “Love Bites” and “Pour Some Sugar On Me” — after Mr. Allen misplaced his arm.
