Rape Reported at Brad Paisley Concert in California
The summer is heating up, and so are the disturbing stories surrounding the behavior at mainstream country music concerts. In 2014, concert conduct became a big concern as statistics and specific stories flooded in as the summer rolled on, and 2015 is shaping up to be just as concerning, if not more.
A suspect from Nevada County, California has been arrested in connection with a rape at a Brad Paisley concert at the Toyota Ampitheater near Wheatland, CA on June 12th according to the Yuba County Sheriff’s Department. 28-year-old Dallas Joshua James Myers was arrested for drugging and raping his victim at the concert. He was processed at the Wayne Brown Correctional Facility, and was released on $100,000 bond.
Authorities say the woman had become extremely drunk at the show to the point of vomiting, and then fell asleep in the car of Dallas Myers. Myers then removed her clothing and had sex wit her, reportedly putting sun shades over the windows of the vehicle so passers by would not see. He was also accused of rape in March of 2014, but charges were never filed. Myers had met the woman previously on social media.
Another Brad Paisley concert earlier this summer at the Sleep Train Amphitheater in the San Diego suburb of Chula Vista resulted in a whopping 91 arrests, mostly for underage drinking. Some wondered if the arrests had more to do with a dedicated crackdown by Chula Vista police as opposed to a behavioral problem at the concert. However a similarly-attended concert at the same venue a month before—the 93.3 Summer Kickoff Concert featuring Pitbull, Meghan Trainor, Jason Derulo, and more—only saw 18 arrests.
Meanwhile the big story coming out of the most recent weekend was the 25 arrests, and 250-300 ejections at the Kenny Chesney and Jason Aldean concert at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. A collection of police scanner chatter from the concert illustrating the level of depravity and drunkenness at the concert has since gone viral. When asked to compare the behavior at the concert to Green Bay Packers games, Capt. Paul Ebel said, “I don’t recall, in my 27 years ever having a game where we were this busy.”
A security guard was also arrested for assault at the Taste of Country Music Festival earlier in June. Bruce D. Belfer was arrested on June 13th for allegedly kicking a 21-year-old in the face and hitting him with a blunt object. The victim was said to have suffered major facial injuries. Belfer was charged with felony assault with a weapon.
The country music concert season has also seen its first fatality. Billy Jason Carson barreled his Toyota 4-Runner through the crowd at a Trace Adkins concert at the Trails End Campground in Huntsville, Tennessee on May 23rd, killing one person and injuring three more.
In many of these cases, it is difficult to blame the performers or venues whose names are tied to the incidents. But the dramatic rise in poor behavior at country concerts appears to be on the rise.
June 23, 2015 @ 5:55 pm
When it comes to rape, murder, and molestation, it makes me wish there were no limits on how to treat/ punish these criminals. Scumbag.
June 23, 2015 @ 7:38 pm
I’ve seen Jamey, Sturgill, and Whitey all play in smaller clubs and venues multiple times up here in New England. I’ve NEVER once seen any of the garbage that’s been going on at mainstream act concerts happen at one of their shows. Not one fight or anything. Yeah, Whitey sings plenty of songs about rowdy drinkin’, but this is clearly a problem with the mainstream pandering to the lowest common denominator. It’s pathetic.
Thanks, Trigger for constantly updating on all the BS going on at these shows. I’ve got tickets for my girlfriend and I to see Chesney and Aldean at Gillette Stadium in August. Everything you post is just making me want to sell my tickets more and more.
June 23, 2015 @ 8:01 pm
Country Music concerts are going downhill thank god I quit going to concerts. I live close to Toyota Amphitheater.
June 23, 2015 @ 10:12 pm
I’m from Wheatland,Ca. It’s a shame people like this come from the same area as me.
June 23, 2015 @ 11:28 pm
Young adult concert festivals have always had their share of concertgoers who are into drinking, drugs and sex. It used to be called kids acting wild and irresponsible. In today’s terminology, it’s called rape.
Geez. I wonder how many rapes occurred at Woodstock, under the p.c. standards of today.
June 24, 2015 @ 5:44 am
You gotta be kidding me. If a woman doesn’t give consent it’s rape…point blank…period. And if by PC you mean valuing our women – yes, a society I want to be part of. No, I don’t think it’s a good idea for anyone to get together with someone they just met on social media and get hammered beyond control. But no, that doesn’t give anyone license to have sex with their unconscious body. You sir (or ma’am heaven forbid) are a f-ing dirtbag.
June 24, 2015 @ 5:44 am
No.
June 24, 2015 @ 6:19 am
having a hard time understanding how waiting until someone has passed out from drinking too much, closing up a car, and raping them while they are basically unconscious could have ever been called “wild and responsible.” I don’t think calling that “rape” is being PC at all – completely unacceptable in any time period. I hope this was meant to be sarcastic!
June 24, 2015 @ 5:49 pm
Rush Limbaugh posts here now?
June 25, 2015 @ 7:38 pm
Did you really just say that? I bet you’d be singing a different tune if it was your daughter who was sexually assaulted.
June 24, 2015 @ 1:08 am
I think some mainstream country artists should really do some kinda anti-rape campaign or something, i doubt it would stop it but it would be a good gesture towards fan safety