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Yesterday TMZ issued a report indicating that a warrant has been issued for the arrest of Grateful Dead drummer Mickey Hart. According to the TMZ post, Hart assaulted someone at a Mickey Hart Band show on September 8 at Terrapin Hill Farm in Harrodsburg, KY. The alleged victim of the assault is said to have filed a police report following the incident, resulting in the charges against Hart.

Hart has just responded to this story via a post to his Facebook page. His comment reads, “I am totally baffled by a bizarre claim of assault by me coming out of Kentucky – the home of Bluegrass and a state I love dearly. Any accusation or claim of assault against me is completely false and without any basis whatsoever. I played drums on ‘Shakedown Street,’ but I never expected to be ‘The Victim or the Crime.’”