Well sheesh, I figured this story was fading away into a money pit of obscurity somewhere and we weren't going to hear anymore about it. Boy was I wrong.
John Rich and Jared Ashley are once again in the news and have this time made TMZ (via Nashville Now). This time it's a bit more interesting, though, than just a few drunken late night phone calls because the police are now involved - well more than they were before anyway.
Unfortunately it wasn't because the two decided to settle their differences like men with a few fisticuffs behind a bar - nope, seems they couldn't come to an agreement so John decided to turn himself into police to let them sort things out.
Here's what TMZ had to say...
Rich turned himself in to the Metro Davidson County Criminal Justice Center in Nashville, Tenn. this afternoon (5/28) to face misdemeanor charges of assault and harassment stemming from an alleged altercation between the two. Rich and Ashley have both filed civil lawsuits against each other -- Ashley sued Rich for the alleged assault, and Rich sued back for defamation.
Rich, in a statement released by his lawyers, claims that since he can't reach a settlement with Ashley, he'd rather defend himself "through the legal process to the fullest extent of the law." He says, "I trust that the truth will come out through the process of our American justice system and that I will be completely exonerated at the end of the day."
So if John turned himself in does that mean that the police have been wanting to arrest him this whole time? Can you voluntarily turn yourself in without the police actually wanting to arrest you? So confusing.
If you missed how all this got started, you can read all about it (and listen to audio) here.
I wonder if he's going to have Sebastain Bach and Dee Snider for his lawyers too?
Posted by: Scooter L | May 29, 2009 at 08:54 AM