Tim Lambesis, the former frontman of Christian metal band As I Lay Dying, has reportedly been released from prison after being incarcerated in 2014 for attempting to hire a hitman to kill his wife.
A representative from the California Department Of Corrections confirmed that Lambesis had been discharged from prison in December last year.
This was actually not known by the public until former Dokken guitarist George Lynch brought it up on radio show Trunk Nation:
Anyways, he just got out of jail for attempting to kill his wife. Now I’m not saying this as an indictment against anything. All I’m saying is, there is a guy who could argue Christianity beyond anybody I’ve ever spoken to in my life; I had these very heated debates with this guy… He had a beautiful wife; they had adopted three Cambodian children. And then he discovered cocaine, strippers, heroin and steroids. He went completely off the rails, abandoned his family, his wife threatened to divorce him, he hired an off-duty cop to kill her.
Those familiar with the situation say Lambesis was asking around his gym for if anyone knew a hitman – a surefire way to get caught, by the way – when one of his fellow gym members reported it to the police. They set up a sting, and he was nabbed.
Lynch continued his discussion, saying that Lembesis’ family are living in fear, and that he has been offered a record and book deal.
He recently got out of jail. Destroyed his band. They don’t have a pot to piss in now—they’re all struggling. Anyways, he’s out. He’s got a mega-record deal. He’s got a book deal. Everything’s lined up for him. I mean he’s going to skate through life. Everybody else is suffering. His wife is living in fear. His children are living in fear.
We’ll keep you posted.
Source: Metal Injection.
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