Puddle of Mudd’s Wes Scantlin arrested in California for ‘felony home violence’
Puddle of Mudd’s Wes Scantlin has been arrested in California for alleged home violence and drug possession.
TMZ experiences that police have been known as to an residence in Torrance, California at round 3am native time on Tuesday, March 11, after experiences of an alleged home dispute. Upon arrival, officers spoke to Scantlin and his girlfriend and understood {that a} verbal argument had allegedly escalated right into a bodily altercation.
Police famous seen marks on the girl’s arms, which led to Scantlin’s arrest. Whereas looking the residence, officers additionally reportedly found a small quantity of a managed substance in his possession.
Scantlin was then charged with felony home violence and possession of a managed substance. Based on Consequence Sound, as of Saturday morning, he stays in a Los Angeles County Jail with bail set at $90,000.
Final yr, Scantlin was reportedly arrested and pepper sprayed following a police stand-off. The musician was beforehand arrested in 2017 for allegedly making an attempt to board a aircraft with a gun.
In different Wes Scantlin-related information, he claimed he was “roofied” by his ex-bandmate earlier than a disastrous gig at first of the month. Based on Loudwire, gig attendees reported a number of points with the present, from sound to Scantlin’s common stage presence – which was allegedly shaky as he was stumbling and rambling.
Nevertheless, Scantlin claims he was “roofied” by his former bandmate, bassist Sean Sammon. The next day Scantlin was approached by a fan who requested him in regards to the present, and the interplay was filmed and posted to Facebook. “I suck, I suck and I suck … however I used to be roofied,” he mentioned within the video.
“My previous bass participant Sean Sammon roofied me final night time, so he can go fuck his ass,” continued Scantlin. He then put two center fingers up on the digicam and walked away, earlier than turning again round to offer yet one more center finger.
Seperately, Scantlin has admitted Puddle of Mudd’s notorious Nirvana cowl “appeared and appeared like whole shit”.