Ozzy To Fargo Police: You’ve Ruined My Good Name
We all had a good laugh at that story about the Fargo, N.D. police department snookering a bunch of petty criminals into thinking they were attending a special party featuring free tickets to an Ozzy Osbourne concert, only to be hauled off for infractions like failure to pay child support or ignoring tickets and fines. Well, Ozzy isn’t chuckling. In fact he’s pretty damn pissed off.
“Instead of holding a press conference to pat himself on the back, Sheriff Laney should be apologizing to me for using my name in connection with these arrests,” Osbourne said in his statement. “It’s insulting to me and to my audience and it shows how lazy this particular sheriff is when it comes to doing his job.
“Sheriff Laney went out of his way to tarnish my reputation by implying that I somehow attract a criminal element, which is certainly not true,” Ozzy continued. “My audiences are good, hard-working people who have been hugely supportive of my music for nearly four decades. They have also been very supportive of my wife Sharon’s colon cancer charity by raising over a million dollars (partly through VIP ticket sales) at my shows. It’s obvious to me that this sheriff has an agenda and is just trying to make a name for himself on my back.”
Then again, Ozzy could just be irritated that some of his fans could be so dumb.
