Rush Axl Loses Civil Rights Case
04/13/07
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(Jam!) Deputies didn't use excessive force in an altercation with Rush guitarist Alex Lifeson at a hotel on New Year's Eve 2003, a federal judge has ruled. Lifeson, whose real name is Alex Zivojinovich, had sued in federal court claiming that Collier County deputies violated his civil rights while subduing him and his son during a skirmish at a party at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Naples, Fla. Tasers were used on the pair, and Lifeson's nose was broken. But U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson wrote in a ruling last week that deputies' actions "were objectively reasonable." [see full story for more] - Click here for the Full Story
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