When “Not Guilty of Manslaughter” is proclaimed in Czech by the judge, Blythe remains vigilant until a translator assures him of the favorable verdict. He’s traded in his Bad Brains t-shirt for a suit and tie. The screamer’s signature dreadlocks are gone, replaced by a clean-cut trim. We’re transported to a Prague courtroom, where Blythe appears as dazed as a deer in headlights. Under the condition that he return to Prague for his ensuing trial, Blythe was eventually released on $400,000 bail and returned to America.įast forward to March 5, 2013. Meanwhile, his band and manager weathered a trippy mind-f**k of surreal legal wrangling. Accused of pushing a fan offstage to his death during a concert held two years prior, Blythe endured 38 days of incarceration in Prague’s Pankrac Prison. ![]() ![]() According to goateed band drummer Chris Adler, the scene resembled “a SWAT team raiding a drug dealer.” Adler and his fellow musicians stood helplessly by as Prague authorities, sporting menacing ski masks and brandishing machine guns, carried Blythe to prison and charged him with manslaughter. ![]() Departing from their jet plane, Blythe and his bandmates found the airport runway teaming with cops. On June 27, 2012, during a world tour, Lamb of God flew into Prague.
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