Dirty Deeds

From this morning's RAMP Newsletter...

Phil Rudd, the now-former drummer for AC/DC, has entered a plea of guilty in a New Zealand court to charges that he had threatened to kill his assistant and possession of drugs. CNN reports that Rudd, 60, had previously denied all of the allegations, but entered the surprise guilty plea on Tuesday before his trial was due to begin. Rudd was arrested last November after police found methamphetamine and marijuana while executing a search warrant at his home in New Zealand. According to a court summary, Rudd had fired several employees after his solo album flopped on the charts. A month later, he called an associate and said he wanted his personal assistant "taken out." Later, in what many legal scholars now believe to have been an all-advised move, Rudd called his assistant and said, "I'm going to come over and kill you."...If convicted, Rudd could face up to seven years in prison for the charge of threatening to kill. He's currently free on bail until his sentencing hearing on June 26.