In a blog posting this afternoon, Riverfront Times music editor Annie Zaleski reports that Gym Class Heroes' Travis McCoy was arrested yesterday in St. Louis for allegedly assaulting a fan. Witnesses claim the fan with whom McCoy "scuffled" had called McCoy an "ignorant nigger."
Says Zaleski:
Sergeant Joe Eagan of the Maryland Heights Police Department says department policy is not to release individual names until a warrant is issued, although he does confirm the band involved was Gym Class Heroes and "that there was an incident at the amphitheater last night between one of the artists and a fan."Adds Eagan: "We did make an arrest, and bond was posted by one of the members of one of the bands." The sergeant says he was present at the amphitheater and witnessed the incident. He declines to specify the offense but notes that "I would say it was fair to say it was an assault charge."
As this video, which A to Z also found, from right after the incident seems to indicate, the crowd didn't seem to disapprove of McCoy's actions.
The band's management has posted a statement on the group's Web site.
A representative from The Pitch who's out at Warped Tour's KC stop right now reports that Gym Class Heroes is scheduled to play there today at 7 p.m.
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