Thursday, December 21, 2000
Five boys in legal trouble
Ritchie Neville and J Brown of U.K. boy band Five are to make a Dublin court appearance.
The two pop stars are expected in the Dublin court because of a bar brawl that reportedly started after someone made a crack about rival boy band Westlife, the BBC reports.
"Ritchie Neville and J Brown were arrested following an incident in a bar in Dublin," said Neil Reading, Five's publicist. "Brown will be charged with assault and public disorder. Neville will be charged with public disorder and disturbance of the peace."
Following the arrest, the two singers were held by Dublin police and later released on bail.
One man was injured during the bar fight, and two others were arrested.
Willie Ahern, who works at the Palace Bar, where the fight started, told the BBC that after the Westlife topic came up the "two lads in the band got really wound up. The Garda [police] were called and an ambulance arrived."
The bar fight victim is thought to have sustained facial injuries that needed stitches.
-- AllPop
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