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Re: Rikki Rocket arrested on rape charges
Woman claims Rikki Rockett, Poison drummer, raped her at casino hotel
The arrest warrant issued for Poison drummer Rikki Rockett stems from an incident that occurred on Sept. 23, 2007 at a casino in Mississippi, TMZ reports this afternoon.
According to cops, TMZ said, Rockett was staying -- not playing music -- at the Silver Star Hotel & Casino when he allegedly raped another female guest in his hotel room.
The woman did not report the alleged assault until several days later, when she came in to the Neshoba County Sheriffs department and filed a report. After determining there was probable cause for Rockett, real name Richard Ream, to be arrested, a warrant was issued. That warrant, we're told, is still active and he's a wanted man. Police will not give out any additional details about the alleged sexual assault.
LAPD busted the rocker at LAX on Monday night on the warrant, but let him go after Mississippi law enforcement decided not to extradite him, pending official charges from the Neshoba County District Attorney, TMZ reported.
A rep for Rockett could not be reached for comment.
The Daily News first reported the drummer's arrest as he arrived at LAX after getting off a flight from New Zealand, according to police reports.
Rockett, 46, was arrested Monday at the airport and booked into the Los Angeles County Jail, according to Los Angeles police and the Los Angeles County Sheriff Department's Inmate Information Web site. He was held on a strong-arm rape warrant stemming from Neshoba County, Missisippi, and appears to have been released from L.A. County custody, the Sheriff's Web site shows. His status today could not be confirmed.
Details about the warrant were not immediately available. Messages left with state police in Mississippi went unanswered.
According to the online Web site Wikipedia, Rockett was born Richard Allan Ream in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania. He has worked as a hairdresser, lifeguard, dishwasher, Emergency Medical Technician and a suit salesman. He rose to prominence in the 1980s when he co-founded the band Poison with vocalist Bret Michaels.
In late 1993, Rockett discovered that the then guitarist Richie Kotzen of Poison was having a relationship with Rockett's fiancee at the time, Deanna Eve. Kotzen was fired due to this incident.
- DoubleTalkingJive
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Re: Rikki Rocket arrested on rape charges
Wow, crazy. If it's true that's really fucked up, although it could be a bullshit claim from a chick.
- monkeychow
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Re: Rikki Rocket arrested on rape charges
"You didn't know what rock-n-roll was
Until you met my drummer on a grey tour bus
I got there in the nick of time
Before he got his hands across your state line, yeah"
Wasn't that a poison song? Oh wait it was..warrent I think...nevermind...thought i was onto something
Re: Rikki Rocket arrested on rape charges
"You didn't know what rock-n-roll was
Until you met my drummer on a grey tour bus
I got there in the nick of time
Before he got his hands across your state line, yeah"Wasn't that a poison song? Oh wait it was..warrent I think...nevermind...thought i was onto something
You're thinking of Great White, even though it was a cover of an Ian Hunter song.
This is fucked up though. If it's true, let's hope he's put away forever.
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