Bon Jovi guitarist Richie Sambora last week told reporters he was shocked and "really, really sorry" to hear that a fan had been paralysed after being caught up in a pushing incident in the crowd at one of the band's gigs in Canada back in July.
The incident was in the news again last week because the fan, one Dennis Schulz, has launched a lawsuit against four fellow gig goers, the gig's promoter and the venue's owner, though not the band. Schulz suffered a dislocated spinal chord and was left a quadriplegic after a man fell on him after being pushed by people involved in a fight two rows away.
Sambora was asked about the incident when the lawsuit was filed, and said he knew nothing of it until the reporter called. He told the CanWest News Service: "Our concerts have been notoriously safe throughout the years and our record is very, very good, so this is news to me". Asked if he had anything to say to Schulz, Sambora added: "Oh God, we're really, really sorry. Obviously, our record fortunately in our career has been that we've gone without incident like that, so that's a real shocker to me. Oh, man, I'm really, really sorry about that".