Fact #82055
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Nikki Sixx of Motley Crue is charged with assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon, following an incident earlier in the evening outside the Rainbow Bar And Grille in Los Angeles, California, USA. Charges are dropped later in the year, and the incident will be immortalised in the Motley Crue song Knock 'Em Dead, Kid.
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As Nikki Sixx and Vince Neil leave The Rainbow Bar And Grille, Los Angeles, California, USA, with girlfriends Lita Ford and Beth Lynn, some bikers start pushing their girlfriends around after making advances on them. Nikki removes a chain from his waist and wields it around in the air during the fight that begins. Two undercover police officers arrive, one of them grabbing Nikki's hand as he reaches for his chain, and biting it to the bone. Not realising it is a cop, Nikki retaliates by hitting him across the face with his chain until the cop pulls his gun on him to arrest him. They hit Nikki in the face with their clubs seven times, breaking a cheekbone and giving him a black eye in the process. Vince runs off as Nikki is driven to the West Hollywood Police Station, but the cops stop in an alley on the way and repeatedly kick him in the stomach and face. Nikki is charged with assaulting a police officer with a deadly weapon. He spends the night in jail before Lita hocks her Firebird TransAm for one thousand dollars and gives the money to the cops, who drop the charges. They walk the three miles home and manage to get to The Whiskey in time for their show. Nikki will later write the song Knock 'Em Dead Kid about the incident.
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