Gahan Pleads Not Guilty To Drugs Charge
[NME, date unknown (July 1996). Words: Uncredited. Picture: Anton Corbijn.]
Depeche Mode singer David Gahan pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of cocaine possession during an arraignment hearing at Beverley Hills, Los Angeles Municipal Court on July 9th.
He also pleaded not guilty to a lesser charge of being under the influence of a controlled substance. If found guilty he faces anything from probation to three years in a California State prison.
LA District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons refused to comment on the details of the quantities and types of drugs found at the Sunset Marquis Hotel on May 28 after Gahan allegedly overdosed. He was taken to hospital and then arrested and set free on US$10,000 bail.
“The reason it took us time (to file charges against Gahan) was that there was various testing that had to be done,” she told NME. “We have just received the results of that test.”
Further details will “come out at the preliminary hearing”, she added.
Deputy DA Larry Longo would only confirm that the hearing for Gahan’s case would be heard on July 28th.
Gahan is receiving treatment at a Los Angeles drug rehabilitation centre. The band plan to reconvene in August to continue work on a new album.
[NME, date unknown (July 1996). Words: Uncredited. Picture: Anton Corbijn.]
Depeche Mode singer David Gahan pleaded not guilty to a felony charge of cocaine possession during an arraignment hearing at Beverley Hills, Los Angeles Municipal Court on July 9th.
He also pleaded not guilty to a lesser charge of being under the influence of a controlled substance. If found guilty he faces anything from probation to three years in a California State prison.
LA District Attorney spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons refused to comment on the details of the quantities and types of drugs found at the Sunset Marquis Hotel on May 28 after Gahan allegedly overdosed. He was taken to hospital and then arrested and set free on US$10,000 bail.
“The reason it took us time (to file charges against Gahan) was that there was various testing that had to be done,” she told NME. “We have just received the results of that test.”
Further details will “come out at the preliminary hearing”, she added.
Deputy DA Larry Longo would only confirm that the hearing for Gahan’s case would be heard on July 28th.
Gahan is receiving treatment at a Los Angeles drug rehabilitation centre. The band plan to reconvene in August to continue work on a new album.