AC-DC drummer Phil Rudd is in jail again, little more than a week after pleading guilty to drug possession and making threats against an ex employee.
The aging rocker’s drug inspired murder-for-hire plan got him a stern warning but a light sentence this month -- home detention -- although that leniency is likely to be reconsidered on news of his arrest last night.
At sentencing for that prior offense the Court made it perfectly clear that if the defendant violated the terms of his confinement he’d be going straight to prison.
"I stone cold guarantee that's where you'll end up," Judge Thomas Ingram had cautioned. "I'm not your headmaster, I'm not your father,” he said. “I'm a judge."
Rudd’s lawyer has declined to elaborate on what the percussionist’s latest criminal activities involved, but he did confirm that New Zealand police took his client into custody on Saturday, where the 61-year-old will remain until, at least, tomorrow’s bail hearing.
AC/DC’s on-again off-again drummer for four decades already appears to have permanently alienated fellow members of the famed Australian rock band with his addiction issues and explosive temperament.
But moody Phil Rudd is likely to face even more serious repercussions than just career setbacks, now that he’s gone on a crime bender.
