Finally, the news we've all been waiting for. A spokesperson for the Czech prison Randy was being held at confirmed that he was released yesterday afternoon. The Prague Municipal Court's ruling against the prosecutor of the Prague 8 District Court was made on Thursday afternoon behind closed doors.
"The decision was reached yesterday at the end of a 16-hour closed session. The only condition of release was the approximately 8 million Czech Koruna bail," Prague court spokeswoman Martina Lhotáková said.
Randy Blythe's Czech attorney Martin Radvan told Radio Prague that he expects the Lamb Of God frontman to be able to return home, but will have to return to the Czech Republic to face trial. "That's what he wants to do. As a world-renowned artist, in a specific genre of music, of course, he cannot afford to simply disappear. There are posters with his picture all around the world, and if he wants to continue performing, he will have to return. And he wants to return because he believes he is not guilty of anything he has been charged with."
After a chain of unexpected and bizarre events, this can only be good news. Get home safely Randy, we hope justice prevails for you!
if he skipped bail and never returned to the Czech Republic, Lamb of God would never be able to tour any country that has extradition treaties with the Czech or he could always be held in that country and extradited from there. so unless they never want to tour outside the USA he would be stupid to not return for the trial. thats assuming the USA doesnt have an extradition treaty with the Czech already
While Lamb of God’s headlining tour with Dethklok and Gojira has officially been cancelled (it was slated to kick off on Wednesday), the band will be rescheduling these dates for October. Next up for Lamb of God will be Slipknot’s inaugural Knotfest, which takes place on August 17 and 18 this month.
According to a press release, Blythe will make an official statement next week.
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"The decision was reached yesterday at the end of a 16-hour closed session. The only condition of release was the approximately 8 million Czech Koruna bail," Prague court spokeswoman Martina Lhotáková said.
Randy Blythe's Czech attorney Martin Radvan told Radio Prague that he expects the Lamb Of God frontman to be able to return home, but will have to return to the Czech Republic to face trial. "That's what he wants to do. As a world-renowned artist, in a specific genre of music, of course, he cannot afford to simply disappear. There are posters with his picture all around the world, and if he wants to continue performing, he will have to return. And he wants to return because he believes he is not guilty of anything he has been charged with."
After a chain of unexpected and bizarre events, this can only be good news. Get home safely Randy, we hope justice prevails for you!
According to a press release, Blythe will make an official statement next week.