{"id":5236,"date":"2013-03-05T04:51:21","date_gmt":"2013-03-05T12:51:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/?p=5236"},"modified":"2013-03-05T06:06:04","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T14:06:04","slug":"lamb-of-god-frontman-randy-blythe-is-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/metalassault.com\/news\/2013\/03\/05\/lamb-of-god-frontman-randy-blythe-is-free\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamb Of God Frontman Randy Blythe Is Free"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Prague Municipal Court on Tuesday acquitted American singer Randy Blythe of his indictment. The Lamb Of God vocalist <\/span>originally faced up to ten years in prison for allegedly throwing a 19-year old Lamb of God fan from the stage in 2010, which resulted in the young man’s death. A video from the court with Randy Blythe’s closing speech, as well as a full report (in Czech) is available at this location<\/a><\/strong>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Blythe posted the above photo on his instagram account (web.stagram.com\/n\/drandallblythe<\/a><\/strong>) before appearing in court for the trial yesterday, and had this to say:<\/p>\n

“\u201cIt\u2019s a beautiful morning in Prague, & time for me to go to what is (hopefully) my final day in court here- supposedly judgement will be passed today & I will move on with my life in one direction or the other. Which direction that is, I do not know. I could walk free, or conversely go to prison for up to ten years. Such is my life right now, & I must stay in this moment until its resolution. Whatever happens to me, do not feel sorry for me, for I am at peace & refuse to feel sorry for myself. Life happens. Deal with it. Some people cannot understand why I have returned, saying I should not come back here. KNOW THIS, & mark my words well- it would be absolutely intolerable for me to hide from this situation. I am an innocent man, but a family suffers the loss of a son, a fan of my band. That is what this whole thing is truly about, not prison, not money, not politics, not ME- it is about a young man who lost his life at just 19 years of age. He will never come back, & it breaks my heart. I would not be able to sleep at night knowing that I did not behave honorably & try to give his family some answers. That would be disgraceful, and I do not wish to dishonor myself or my family by acting in such a cowardly manner. I was raised to face my problems head on. For me, this is BEING A MAN. I categorically refuse to live in a constant state of guilt & fear. I would rather die. My morality & convictions are not dependent upon unforeseeable circumstance, nor malleable when difficulty arises. So I walk this morning to court with my head held high, no matter what others opinions of me may be. I have to face myself in the mirror, & tomorrow morning, where ever I may wake up, I will be able to do that without regret. This is THE ONLY path to true freedom for me- peace within myself. This is the manner in which I choose to try my best to live my life, & I hope you all do the same- do your best to do what is right, no matter how difficult it may be. I promise you, this will bring you peace. I thank you all for your support, I wish you all a good day, & to quote one of my favorite movies: STRENGTH AND HONOR.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Prague Municipal Court on Tuesday acquitted American singer Randy Blythe of his indictment. The Lamb Of God vocalist originally faced up to ten years in prison for allegedly throwing a 19-year old Lamb of God fan from the stage in 2010, which resulted in the young man’s death. A video from the court with … <\/p>\n

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