Fox News - Rick Springfield threatened to kill a deputy sheriff and the deputy's family the night he was arrested for drunk driving, yet there is no mention of the incident in the arrest report, law enforcement sources tell TMZ. Sources tell us Springfield was extremely angry after the deputy said his $200G 1963 Corvette Stingray would be towed away. Law enforcement sources tell us, Springfield yelled to the deputy, "If you tow my car, I will f**king kill you and your family. Law enforcement sources tell us back at the Malibu/Lost Hills Sheriff's Station, the captain who runs the station asked the deputy, "Did you really feel threatened?" Our sources say some of the deputies at the station felt it was a loaded question, trying to minimize Springfield's statement. In the end, our sources say there was no mention of the threat in the arrest report -- the report merely says Springfield was "belligerent." LA County Sheriff's Dept. spokesman Steve Whitmore tells TMZ, "It is rare when a drunk doesn't say something outlandish to police when they're arrested. I have no idea what went down with this one, I wasn't there, but drunks are notorious for saying stupid, outlandish things to law enforcement all the time. Law enforcement's job is to get them off the streets, because they're drunk."
God damnit this is disappointing. No, I'm not some huge Rick Springfield fan who's saddened by his fall from grace. It upsets me as a blogger because I continue to think Rick Springfield is the same person as Rick Astley. I had this whole blog idea ready to go and you all were going to get Rick-rolled like you'd never been rolled before. So imagine my dumbfoundedness when I rolled over to Youtube and couldn't find a single Rick Springfield rendition of Never Gonna Give You Up. I was crushed, didn't stop me from going with the same blog idea anyway, but crushed all the same (I also have a sneaking suspicion this happens to Springfield all the time, probably pestered by morons like myself on the street asking him to recite a bar or two of the song. No wonder the guy was pushed to getting sloshed and driving around town, he's being mistaken for a no-talent ass clown).
So I guess I'll just comment on the story itself? I don't have too much to add here, but it is completely refreshing that the Malibu Police understand that drunk people say drunk things. You already bagged the guy on the DUI, you've done your job, of course he's going to threaten to sodomize you and kill your family, that's part of the gig, no need to punish him additionally. Props for some common sense for once.
Now to the video...
