Fred Durst's Punting Problems
A security company is crying "foul" over Fred Durst's illegal footwork.
The Limp Bizkit singer is being sued by St. Paul-based security company Azzone Security-Investigation Agency Inc. for kicking one of its guards in the head during a 1999 concert in the Twin Cities.
ASIA filed suit on Monday against the frontman, his production companies and his record labels in Ramsey County, Minnesota.
The security company wants to recoup the $49,663 in worker's comp it claims to have laid out so far plus have the "Nookie" singer foot the bill for any future payments.
Trouble-prone Durst booted security guard Patrick Estes in the noggin (twice) during the band's July 12 performance at Roy Wilkins Auditorium and then, according to witnesses, allegedly bragged about it on stage, saying he "kicked that punk-ass security guard in the head."
The 33-year-old singer was arrested after the show and remained in police custody until 4:30 a.m., when a "somewhat apologetic" Durst was released on $50,000 bail. "It seems to be a case of mistaken identity. Durst thought his guy was getting beat up by two fans, and that's when he kicked the guy," police told the Associated Press at the time.
According to the rocker, two of the venue's security guards tried to throw one of Durst's bodyguards offstage under the mistaken assumption that he was a fan, at which point Durst placed his painful punt to Estes' head.
Durst was charged with fifth-degree assault and disorderly conduct--both misdemeanors--but the assault charge was later dismissed.
Estes slapped his own civil suit on the musician, resulting in an April 2000 settlement as part of which Durst and the other defendants paid the security guard $100,000 in compensation.
Just a few days later, Limp Bizkit's incendiary performance at Woodstock '99 prompted a riot when Durst told festival-goers "there are no rules" during a performance of the band's song "Break Stuff."
Cars were trashed, vendors looted and fires started on the final night of the three-day festival. At least forty arrests were made and close to 90 other crimes investigated, including an alleged mosh-pit rape during Limp Bizkit's performance.
Also in 2001, Limp Bizkit was criticized, though ultimately exonerated, in the death of a young fan at the Big Day Out Festival in Sydney, Australia. A judge rapped the testosterone-fueled frontman for not stopping his band's set as concert organizers tried to aid victims crushed in a mosh pit stampede.
This summer doesn't seem have gotten any better for the rap-rock outfit from Jacksonville, Florida. On July 28, Durst & Co. were booed offstage during the Summer Sanitarium show outside Chicago.
According to a Chicago Tribune review, Durst was pelted with plastic bottles, booed mercilessly and subjected to chants of "F--- Fred Durst" from the moment he walked onstage. A long-running feud with a local radio jockey is thought to have provoked the animosity.
Durst gave as good as he got, pelting the audience with profanities and anti-gay slurs, calling the troublemakers "f---ing pu----s" and daring them to come up and fight between performances of "My Generation" and "Faith". But after six songs and relentless heckling, the under-siege singer called it quits and stormed backstage where he continued to insult the audience members.
The group's highly anticipated Results May Vary, its first new album since 2000, hit record stores on Tuesday.





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