It was Tila Tequila Appreciation Night when the obnoxious media whore discovered how popular she was at a concert over the weekend. Tequila has claimed she was attacked by concertgoers at the 11th annual Gathering of the Juggalos in Cave-In-Rock, Illinois on Friday.
from www.tmz.com – A wrestler who was performing at the Gathering of Juggalos tells TMZ … TIla Tequila literally had to stand behind a wall of security guards while on stage — and not even flashing her breasts could stop the onslaught.
Colt Cabana — formerly of the WWE and currently wrestling with ROH (Ring of Honor) — tells us that halfway through the chaos, Tila ripped off her top to try and distract the crowd. But, he says, that only worked for about a minute before they all went back to throwing stuff at her.
Cabana says the ordeal lasted about 15 minutes. A security guard told him someone had a watermelon that had been fermenting in urine and feces for two days and that they had been saving it all weekend for Tila. No word if the watermelon connected.
Cabana tells us it was his first year wrestling at the event and he loved it, adding the highlight was seeing Vanilla Ice perform “Ninja Rap” from the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles II: The Secret of the Ooze” soundtrack. Yes, really.
Back story from www.tmz.com – Tila Tequila says she plans on suing the people behind the Gathering of the Juggalos — the concert event she was attacked at over the weekend — and she’ll have the Sheriff of Hardin County on her side if she does.
Sheriff Tom Seiner tells TMZ “things got out of hand” during the show this weekend. Sheriff’s deputies were on scene at the time of the Tila incident because they were already responding to reports of a stabbing.
Seiner tells us there is no way to single out perpetrators in a crowd of thousands, but officers will be searching YouTube over the coming days to see if there is video of the incident and if they can ID anyone that way.
The Sheriff went on to call the Gathering of the Juggalos a “nightmare” event and said he’d be glad if the event never came back. Seiner said he felt the event’s organizers chose Hardin County because they don’t have any type of entertainment ordinance — meaning no permits are required.
from www.mtv.com – ABC affiliate WSIL in Illinois reports that Hardin County Sheriff Tom Seiner said the former Internet model filed a complaint about fans’ violent behavior during her performance. Tequila, who once starred in the MTV reality show, “A Shot at Love with Tila Tequila,” has since turned to rap and shared the bill with artists such as Lil’ Kim and Method Man. Seiner said Tequila insisted that fans pelted her with rocks and feces during her set.
A video of Tequila’s performance posted on TMZ.com shows her working the mic flanked by a couple of beefy men — presumably bodyguards — who pull her out of the way as a concertgoer advances onstage. In the 12-second-long footage, the crowd lobs several objects but the extent of her injuries is unclear.
Tequila later addressed the alleged incident on her Twitter page. “The people at Juggalos behavior was disgusting and I am filing a suit against Them now,” she wrote on Saturday. “Pretty soon the owners who run the Juggalos will be bankrupt. My attorney Alan is already on it. This is disgusting behavior from men.”
The four-day festival is an annual event geared toward fans of the metal-rap group Insane Clown Posse, who are dubbed “Juggalos.” ICP headlined the fest but a diverse range of performers including Kottonmouth Kings, Naughty by Nature, Coolio, Tone Loc and Twiztid also hit the stage.
Seiner did confirm another violent incident at the festival: A 49-year-old Georgia man stabbed a concertgoer at the campgrounds. At press time, the victim was listed in stable condition.