woman gets on stage to dance behind performer, he punches her HARD!!! gets arrested

[MADem]

251. It doesn't really matter.

If a person is intent upon a project, a task, a chore, a job -- as that musician clearly was, he was very intent upon playing that guitar, that's where all his focus was--and someone bumps, grinds, grabs, pokes or prods them unexpectedly, it is not surprising that they might be startled and react in a protective fashion.

And it also doesn't matter if the fan was a threat--the question isn't what she was, but how she was PERCEIVED.

None of knows this guy. That said, we can infer a few things from his behaviors. First, he immediately apologized and he didn't run away from the controversy. He went to TMZ, laid out his apology, made his explanation, and submitted himself to their interrogation-- and they don't coddle anyone. Second, he was arrested only after a police report was filed, and he bonded out quickly for three hundred and thirty bucks (not a high bond at all). There will be no frog marching and clanging jail cell doors, here.

I think this was an unfortunate incident and nothing more. I don't think the guy is a woman-hater, I don't think he intended to deck a woman, and I also don't think the woman intended him harm. I do think the man who was heckling the musician caused him some fear and anxiety, though, and that, and the lack of adequate security at the venue (despite his rider requesting same), contributed to this unfortunate event.