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Prosthetic Leg Leads to Fight at Alice Cooper Concert

In 40 years of ghoulish theatricality, Alice Cooper concerts have featured mock executions and live chicken dismemberment. Now two fans are battling in court over their own contribution to the mayhem.

One man is charged with assault after a fight at a Cooper concert in England last July. The defendant, a disabled man, is accused of infringing upon the personal space of the man next to him in the front row of the balcony -- by removing his prosthetic leg.

Andrew Miller says he put his stump on the ledge to relieve his pain, whereupon the alleged victim, John Lynch, began elbowing him. Punches were thrown, with Miller apparently getting the best of his opponent -- he broke his hand landing one blow. "I was trying to save my life," he told a jury. "I was trying to stop myself from getting punched over a balcony."

Which, for Cooper's fans, would have looked like part of the show.

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I remember once being extremely disrespectful (I was about 13) to my mother and she hit me on the back of my legs with a wooden yardstick. The yardstick broke, and I tell you it hurt like heck. I KNEW I deserved it, I taunted her for hours during a long car ride... Did I ever behave like that again? No. Did it make me a violent person? No. Sometimes a smack is what it takes.. No days, no one can take care of their own child's behavior without the whole world stepping in. However, I do think it was poor judgement on Kate's part to do this in front of the others and the cameras.

June 17 2009 at 7:32 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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AM

haha... whoops ... wrong article.

June 17 2009 at 7:33 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply