Pearl Jam Bassist Jeff Ament Assaulted and Robbed at KnifepointRussell Hall | 05.14.2009 - Gibson.com
Police in Atlanta’s DeKalb County have confirmed to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution that Pearl Jam bassist Jeff Ament was assaulted and robbed last month in the parking lot of a local recording studio. The newspaper did not obtain a police report, but Rolling Stone reports that the incident occurred at Southern Tracks Recording, the home-base studio of producer Brendan O’Brien. Pearl Jam has been working with O’Brien on the band’s forthcoming studio album.
According to Rolling Stone, on April 27, Ament and a band employee were confronted by three assailants who emerged from a wooded area at the rear of the studio. Wearing black masks and gloves and brandishing knives, the robbers smashed the windows of a rented Jeep and demanded money. Ament was robbed of $3,000 in cash and the assailants stole equipment valued at $4,320.
Ament attempted to flee but was chased and knocked to the ground. In the altercation, the bassist sustained a head laceration that was treated by a local EMS unit. The attackers also stole Ament’s passport before driving off in a black Nissan Maxima.
The incident was caught on a surveillance camera, but to date no arrests have been made.
O, wow! I did not know this happend
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